Famous Deaths In January - 04

0838  On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred  

1248  On January - 04 death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)  

1428  On January - 04 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 this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62  

1678  Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on January - 04.  

1695  Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.  

1701  Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1707  On January - 04 louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies  

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1729  Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1745  Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on January - 04.  

1752  On January - 04 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  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1786  On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56  

1793  Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1804  On January - 04 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies  

1809  Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on January - 04.  

1821  Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on January - 04.  

1825  Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1831  Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80  

1864  Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1874  Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1877  Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04.  

1880  Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on January - 04.  

1882  Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

1883  On January - 04 nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91  

1885  On January - 04 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29  

1886  On January - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77  

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1077  Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on this day in history.  

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye  

1334  Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) was born on January - 04.  

1567  On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect  

1579  On this day in history birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

1581  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on this day in history.  

1604  Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) was born on this day in history.  

1643  On January - 04 birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]