Deaths on January 07
1130 : Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83
1285 : Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58
1325 : Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
1451 : Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67
1529 : Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies
1536 : Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies
1537 : Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
1566 : Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
1590 : Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61
1591 : Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59
1598 : Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
1655 : Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80
1678 : Johannes Flittner, composer, dies at 59
1695 : Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
1721 : Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
1722 : Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet, dies at 60
1736 : Ceslav Vanura, composer, dies at 41
1755 : Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49
1758 : Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71
1790 : Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69
1810 : Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37
1830 : Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53
1833 : Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55
1843 : Franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45
1858 : Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
1868 : William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51
1870 : Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
1887 : Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Th‚ƒtre), dies at 74
1890 : Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78
1890 : Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 82
1891 : Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79
1892 : Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39
1907 : Anton Urspruch, composer, dies at 56
1921 : Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
1922 : Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71
1929 : Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
1930 : Rudolf H„pke, historian (Entstehung Holl„nd Wirtschaft), dies at 45
1932 : Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60
1936 : Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies
1942 : Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63
1943 : Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86
1944 : J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1948 : Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies
1951 : Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76
1955 : Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies
1957 : Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1958 : Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
1960 : Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80
1961 : Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74
1964 : Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
1967 : Carl Schuricht, composer, dies at 86
1967 : Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
1970 : Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
1971 : Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
1971 : Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64
1972 : Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies
1972 : John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
1979 : Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70
1980 : Carl White, rocker, dies
1980 : Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
1981 : Jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69
1982 : Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
1983 : August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79
1985 : Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
1986 : Juan Rulfo, writer, dies
1986 : M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79
1987 : Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
1988 : Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71
1990 : Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81
1990 : Gail Lucas, entertainer, dies
1990 : Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
1990 : Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
1991 : Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
1992 : Jhean Burton, entertainer, dies
1992 : Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
1993 : Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
1994 : Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
1994 : Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1994 : Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
1994 : Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, dies at 65
1994 : Phoumi Vongvichit, pres of Laos (1986-91), dies
1994 : Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1995 : Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77
1995 : Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83
1995 : Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at 65 or 71
1995 : Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle
1995 : William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71
1996 : James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90
1996 : Karoly Grosz, PM of Hungry (1987-88), dies at 65
1996 : Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, dies at 88
1996 : Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, dies at 93
1997 : Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89
1997 : Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher/conductor, dies at 84