Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on January - 04.
1248 On this day in history death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1428 On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on January - 04.
1612 On January - 04 henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 On this day in history johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 On this day in history louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1745 On January - 04 willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 On this day in history stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 Death of Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 On January - 04 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
1825 On this day in history ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1864 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on January - 04.
1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04.
1880 On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1882 On January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on January - 04.
1885 On this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 On January - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77