ThisDayThatYear.com - Deaths on January 01

Deaths on January 01

1387 : Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies
1502 : Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
1515 : Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
1517 : Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
1557 : Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1559 : Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1560 : Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
1617 : Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
1626 : Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1630 : Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies
1661 : Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
1701 : Pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64
1716 : William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
1730 : Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82
1753 : Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55
1758 : Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26
1766 : Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
1766 : James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies at 77
1768 : Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1777 : Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58
1780 : Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
1782 : Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46
1783 : Jacobus Ensched‚, Haarlems printer, dies at 39
1784 : Patrice F earl de N‚ny, South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67
1787 : Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44
1789 : Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65
1793 : Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80
1800 : Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83
1816 : Fran‡ois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60
1817 : Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73
1818 : Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87
1850 : Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76
1887 : Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66
1901 : Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69
1906 : Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51
1907 : Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58
1919 : William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60
1920 : Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57
1934 : Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60
1942 : Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35
1944 : C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
1945 : Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33
1948 : Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66
1948 : Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer, dies at 73
1949 : Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
1953 : Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1953 : Ludomir R¢zycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68
1957 : Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72
1958 : David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
1960 : Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48
1961 : Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
1962 : Diego Mart¡nez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76
1964 : Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies
1964 : Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84
1964 : Rika Hopper, Dutch actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86
1965 : Gertrude Michael, actress (Caged, Cleopatra), dies at 53
1965 : Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer, dies at 66
1966 : Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82
1967 : Maurice Leyland, cricketer (41 Tests for England, 2764 runs), dies
1967 : Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at 58
1969 : Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
1969 : Ian Fleming, writer (James Bond), dies at 80
1972 : Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
1972 : Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60
1972 : Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
1975 : Arthur Pierson, actor/director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73
1980 : Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
1980 : Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (Socialists), dies at 88
1982 : Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orl‚ans), dies at 83
1982 : Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1982 : Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies
1987 : Gustav Knuth, actor (Heidi, Rats), dies at 85
1988 : Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1990 : Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82
1990 : Gerhard Schr”der, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79
1990 : Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (23 Tests for England, 1636 runs), dies
1990 : Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1991 : Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83
1991 : Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81
1992 : Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
1992 : Corky Geil, dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64
1992 : Ginette Leclerc, actress (Baker's Wife), dies at 79
1992 : Grace Hopper, computer scientist, dies at 85
1992 : Hette G Abma, vicar/Dutch MP (SGP), dies
1992 : Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies
1993 : June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma
1993 : Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
1994 : Cesar Romero, US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 : Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright (Female Presidents), dies at 35
1995 : Eugene Wigner, physicist (Nobel prize for physics-1963), dies at 92
1995 : Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53
1995 : Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
1995 : Ted Hawkins, US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
1996 : Arleigh Albert Burke, British Admiral, dies at 94
1996 : Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
1996 : Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at 55
1997 : Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash
1997 : Joan Rice, actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up), dies at 66
1997 : John Burgess, rugby administrator, dies at 71
1997 : Townes Van Zandt, musician, dies at 52
1998 : Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92

Birthdays

Death Days

Events