January 21

On January 21, this anniversary falls in the history of the hymns in this library: Matthias Claudius died in 1815.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

Matthias Claudius, who died on this day in 1815, is remembered in this library for the hymn “We plough the fields, and scatter”.

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