Famous Deaths In January - 05

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)  

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.  

1425  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned  

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)  

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1524  On January - 05 marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73  

1527  Death of Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498) on January - 05.  

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1588  Death of Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

1589  Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 on January - 05.  

1592  On January - 05 willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75  

1595  On January - 05 ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies  

1603  Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73 on January - 05.  

1667  On this day in history death of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)  

1684  On this day in history claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44  

1713  Death of Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643) on January - 05.  

1740  Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 on January - 05.  

1746  Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53 on January - 05.  

1759  On January - 05 thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79  

1762  On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]  

1771  On this day in history death of john Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)  

1783  On January - 05 friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday  

1788  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85  

1796  Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 on January - 05.  

1807  Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79 on January - 05.  

1814  Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72 on January - 05.  

1823  On this day in history death of major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)  

1827  On this day in history frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63  

1846  Death of Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812) on January - 05.  

1848  On January - 05 ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

1856  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

1858  Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on January - 05.  

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1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.  

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.  

1596  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.