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Famous People Who Died in January 1851

  • Jan 10 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal, dies at 75
  • Jan 12 Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
  • Jan 19 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
  • Jan 21 (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), dies at 49
  • Jan 24 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian opera composer and conductor (La Vestale), dies at 76

Person of interestJohn James Audubon

Jan 27 John James Audubon, American ornithologist and painter (The Birds Of America), dies at 65

Ornithologist John James Audubon
Ornithologist
John James Audubon
  • Jan 27 Karl Moser, German composer, dies at 77

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