Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Friday, 17 October 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.
1428 Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on January - 04.
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.
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 On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on January - 04.
1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on January - 04.
1729 On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1752 On January - 04 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 On this day in history death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 On January - 04 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
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 this day in history.
1825 On this day in history ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on January - 04.
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04.
1864 On January - 04 mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1880 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.
1882 On January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
1885 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77