Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Friday, 18 July 2025
0838 On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.
1428 On January - 04 death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on January - 04.
1584 On January - 04 tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.
1678 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on January - 04.
1695 On this day in history duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 On January - 04 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 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 on January - 04.
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 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 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on January - 04.
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on this day in history.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
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 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 January - 04.
1874 On this day in history death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04.
1880 On January - 04 anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1882 Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on January - 04.
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