Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21

1871  On January - 21 john J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73   

1872  Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1881  Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1882  Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1883  Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on January - 21.   

1884  On January - 21 auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75   

1888  On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83   

1891  On this day in history calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48   

1892  On January - 21 john Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies   

1894  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on January - 21.   

1901  On January - 21 death of elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)   

1903  On January - 21 hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58   

1914  On January - 21 death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)   

1919  Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on January - 21.   

1924  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  On January - 21 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1928  Death of George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) on January - 21.   

1931  On this day in history felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

1932  On this day in history [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1933  On this day in history death of george A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)   

1937  Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on January - 21.   

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1943  On January - 21 otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

1944  Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on January - 21.   

1948  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1950  On this day in history george Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46   

1954  On January - 21 billy Jenkins, dies at 69   

1955  On January - 21 maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59   

1956  On January - 21 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)   

1957  On this day in history arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87   

1959  On this day in history cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on January - 21.   

1962  Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on January - 21.   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on this day in history.   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]