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2004 Jan Berry, singer, Jan and Dean, dies at 62
2004 Jan Sterling, actress, The High and the Mighty, dies at 82 2004 Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86 2002 Jan de Hartog, Dutch Writer 2001 Jan Kott, Polish Critic 1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) 1997 Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway 1989 - 1990, dies 1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday 1996 Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals 1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56 1995 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50 1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Jan Wegter, actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64 1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 1994 Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83 1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84 1994 Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53 1993 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36 1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies 1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies 1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87 1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies 1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1992 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 1992 Jan Elburg, Joannes G, poet (Geen letterheren), dies 1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist and Governor of Dutch New-Guinea, dies 1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies 1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies 1991 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1991 Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies 1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies 1991 Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 1991 Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) weds Gertie Filip 1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor and writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies 1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame 1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th 1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland 1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies 1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq 1990 Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game 1989 Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78 1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway 1989 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies 1989 Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 1988 Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74 1988 Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67 1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992 1987 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic 1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles 1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic 1984 Jan Peerce, Perelmuth, operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5 1983 Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1983 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 1983 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament 1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize 1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1982 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor and writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson 1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 1980 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58 1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic 1979 Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies 1978 Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59 1978 Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70 1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 1977 Jan Patocka, Czechoslovakian philosopher, dies in prison 1977 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74 1976 Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1976 Heather Kozar, born in Akron, Ohio, playmate, Jan, 1998 1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1976 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic 1976 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84 1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam 1975 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48 1975 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II 1974 Jami Ferrell, born in Munncie, Indiana, playmate, Jan 1997 1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London 1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 1974 Echo Leta Johnson, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1993 1973 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic 1973 Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995 1973 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62) 1973 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 1972 Jan Caloun, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1972 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open 1972 Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1972 Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1971 Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 1971 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86 1971 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) 1971 Jan Pardavy, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1970 Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996 1970 Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55 1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 1970 Anne-Marie Goddard, born in Utrechtum, Netherlands, playmate, Jan, 94 1969 Jan Apell, Sweden, tennis star 1969 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76 1969 Jan Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1969 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20 1968 Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate, Jan, 1992 1968 Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden 1968 Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991 1968 Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67 1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies 1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70 1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Jan Zelezny, Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck 1966 Jan Varholik, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1965 Fawna Maclaren, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1989 1965 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies 1965 Jan Sverak, Zatec Czechoslovakia, director, Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci 1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93 1964 Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986 1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" 1963 Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies 1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama, playmate of year, Jan, 1988 1963 Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV 1962 "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1962 Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies 1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979 1962 Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star 1962 Jan Koster, Dutch drummer, Sleeze Beez-Powertool 1961 Luann L Lee, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1987 1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983 1960 Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV 1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies 1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czechoslovakian composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 1959 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands 1958 Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist, Weekend at Waikiki 1958 Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980 1957 Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights 1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 1957 Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women 1956 Candy Loving Oswego, Kansas, playmate, Jan, 1979 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman 1955 Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer, Doe Maar-Bomb 1955 Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist, I've Got the Bullets 1955 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84 1954 Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80 1954 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 1953 N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-47, 60, 85 1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 1952 Jan Raas, Dutch bicyclist 1952 Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat 1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974 1951 Jan Timman, Dutch chess player 1951 Jan de Hartog's "4 Poster," premieres in New York City 1951 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult 1951 Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host 1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion 1949 Jan Hendriks, guitarist, Doe Maar 1949 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994 1949 Jan Smithers, born in North Hollywood, California, actress, Bailey-WKRP 1949 Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth, England, playmate of the year, Jan, 1972 1949 Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart 1948 Jan Hammer, composer, Escape from TV, Miami Vice 1948 Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1947 Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer 1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP, VVD 1947 Jan te Veldhuis, Dutch MP, VVD 1947 Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) 1946 Judy Tyler, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Jan 1966 1946 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67 1945 Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies 1945 Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm 1945 Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 1944 Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP, D66 1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies 1944 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, resister, executed at 41 1944 Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist, Slogan 1943 Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs 1943 Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976 1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested 1943 Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at 40 1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36 1941 Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80 1941 Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains 1941 Jan D. Blaauw, Dutch MP, VVD 1941 Jan Berry, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Jan and Dean-Deadman's Curve 1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1941 Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet 1940 Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 1940 Jan Claire, actor, American Anthem 1940 Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer 1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer 1940 Jan P. Pronk, Dutch politician, PvdA 1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA 1940 Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1938 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director, Weevers' Duin 1938 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer, Jan Rao en z'n Maat 1937 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense, CDA 1937 Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) 1936 Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 1936 Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night 1936 Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer 1936 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 1935 Jan van Vlijmen, composer 1935 Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP, CDA 1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 1934 Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer 1934 Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres 1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) 1933 Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie 1933 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered 1933 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March 1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA 1931 Yvonne Keuls, Bamberg, Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co 1931 Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, author, Winters in Wartime 1931 Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style 1931 Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director, New Land, Emigrants 1930 Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 1929 Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada 1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert 1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 1928 Jan Meyers, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Representative-R-Kansas 1985 - 1997 1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 1927 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant 1927 Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper 1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies 1926 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian 1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys 1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA 1926 Jan Carlstedt, composer 1926 Jan Zimmer, composer 1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer 1925 Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American 1925 Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61 1925 Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 1925 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author 1924 Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Amsterdam folk vocalist 1924 Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker 1923 Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, model, Dark Angel 1923 Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential 1921 Jan Tausinger, composer 1921 Jan Frank Fischer, composer 1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor 1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian, Blossoming Stone 1920 Jan Walravens, Flemish writer, Motionless at Sea 1919 Jan Elburg, Joannes G, Dutch poet, Through the Night 1917 Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer 1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1917 Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie 1916 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57 1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 1915 Jan Malat, composer, teacher, dies at 72 1915 Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1915 Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian writer, Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani 1914 Jan Kott, Polish Critic 1914 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76 1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool 1914 Jan Decadt, composer 1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory 1914 Jan Kapr, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pupil of Jaroslav Ridky, second half of the 20th century's most prolific Czech composer 1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede 1913 Jan Meyerowitz, composer 1913 Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas 1912 Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist 1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1911 Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy, Fabric and Stoflongen 1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer 1911 Jan Koetsier, composer 1911 Jan Cikker, composer 1911 Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong 1909 Jan Lewando, British director, Marks and Spencer 1909 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director, KNMI 1909 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright 1908 Jan Seidel, composer 1908 Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, communist 1907 Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer 1907 Jan Felderhof, composer 1907 Jan Pauw, CEO, Aruban Theater Group 1907 Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium, 1952-54 1907 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56 1906 Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies 1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP, ARP 1905 Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France 1905 Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor and director, That Joyous Eve 1905 Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister 1904 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1904 Jan van Axel, Dutch director, Overschotje 1904 Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1904 Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies 1904 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch and U.S. nuclear physicist 1903 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969 1902 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, Dutch resistance fighter 1902 Jan RT Campert, writer, Song the 18 dead 1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies 1902 U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie 1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63 1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954 1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62 1900 Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros 1900 Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet, Nothing New 1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud" 1900 Jan Blockx's "Tol Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels 1899 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer 1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter 1898 Jan Bata, Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer 1898 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor, De Standaard 1929-39 1896 Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian 1895 Jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58 1895 Jan Parandowski, writer 1893 Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea 1893 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer 1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80 1891 Jan B. Cammans, Flemish actor, Brothers Karamazov 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33 1890 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer, Hry o Marti 1890 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect, Zonnestral 1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1888 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac 1887 Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician 1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, statesman/minister to London, 1918-35 1885 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg 1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) 1885 Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes 1884 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1884 Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1884 Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor, Beautiful Juliet 1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1883 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil 1883 Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal 1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1882 Jan H F Gronloh, "Nescio", Dutch writer, De Uitvreter, Titiaantjes 1881 Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter 1881 Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter, Frau Helga von Staveren 1880 Jan Kubelik, composer 1880 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 1879 January record 13" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996) 1879 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary, Grimaces 1877 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP, SDAP 1876 Jan Van Oudshoorn, Jan K Feylbrief, Dutch writer, Maze of Senses 1876 Jan Ingenhoven, composer 1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith 1875 John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water 1875 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 1873 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums 1870 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders 1870 Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations 1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1869 Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU 1869 Jindrich S Baar, Czechoslovakian pastor/writer, Jan Cimbura 1868 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62 1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes 1865 Jan H. Leopold, Dutch poet, translated Omar Khayyam 1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian 1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1862 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland, 1919-20 1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien 1858 Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist, 3 Brides 1858 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 1857 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector 1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer 1855 Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian, Jan Steen 1853 Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 1853 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp 1852 Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine 1851 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg 1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 1849 Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina 1843 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer 1843 Jan Malat, born in Stary Bydzov, Czechoslovakia, composer, teacher 1839 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 1838 Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) 1838 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter 1837 Gerrit Jan van Heek, textile factory/politician 1837 Jan Kleczynski, composer 1836 Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner 1835 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet 1834 Jan Neruda, Czechoslovakian writer/poet, Povidky Malostranske 1832 Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church 1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer 1831 Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 1829 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 1828 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian 1827 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 1825 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34 1825 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63 1823 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist, 2 Tudors 1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist 1818 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer 1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People 1813 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 1813 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 1811 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer 1807 Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra 1807 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer 1804 Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician, RC 1803 Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 1802 Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero 1801 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer 1800 Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) 1793 Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34 1793 Jan F. Willems, Flemish writer and philologist 1792 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 1791 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer 1791 Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam 1790 Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist 1789 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81 1780 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer 1779 Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer 1773 Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1773 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63 1772 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer 1771 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer 1770 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer 1768 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 1765 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar 1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary 1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer 1759 Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter 1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 1755 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer 1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer 1751 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer 1749 Jan F van Bloemen, Orizonte, Flemish painter, dies at 87 1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer 1746 Jan David Holland, composer 1745 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 1739 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer 1730 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 1719 Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried 1712 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 1711 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, illustrator and actor, Gideonschool 1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1699 Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1696 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72 1692 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51 1691 Jan Francisci, composer 1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter 1684 Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer 1679 Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St. Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 1674 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58 1672 Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 1670 Jan A Comenius, Komensky, Czechoslovakia/Netherlands educator/philosopher, dies 1662 Jan F van Bloom, Orizonte, Flemish painter, baptized 1658 Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter 1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 1656 Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 1655 Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56 1651 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies 1635 Jan Baptista Van Helmont, physician/alchemist, dies 1633 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher 1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer 1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, Jan Maet, seascape painter 1626 Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter 1624 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland, 1674-96 1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer 1622 Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25) 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) 1618 Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam 1615 Jan Zoet, actor, playwright and poet, Parnasssus aan 't Y 1611 Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies 1609 Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland, 1648-68 1608 Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey 1606 Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies 1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal 1596 Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter 1592 Jan Amos Komensky, Comenius, Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer 1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn 1582 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 1579 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist 1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 1572 Jan Campanus, composer 1571 Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian bishop, dies at 48 1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1540 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies 1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers 1502 Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies 1501 Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies 1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect 1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded 1459 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies 1441 Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies 1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies 1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies 1424 Jan Zizka, Czechoslovakian (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 1419 Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered 1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1418 Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/Governor of Burgundy, dies 1415 Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany 1403 Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg 1394 Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies 1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed 1378 Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies 1378 Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies 1371 Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1355 Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies 1347 Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III 1346 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle 1340 Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies 1316 Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies 1316 Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later 1312 Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies 1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1299 Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15 1294 Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies 1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 1237 Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies |
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