Famous Deaths Happened In January - 05
Friday, 07 November 2025
0842 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) 

1425 Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on January - 05. 

1448 On this day in history 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 January - 05. 

1524 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73 on January - 05. 

1527 Death of Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498) on this day in history. 

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

1589 On this day in history catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 

1592 On this day in history willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75 

1595 Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies on January - 05. 

1603 On January - 05 pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73 

1667 On January - 05 death of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) 

1684 Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44 on January - 05. 

1713 Death of Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643) on this day in history. 

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

1746 On this day in history anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53 

1759 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday 

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

1796 On this day in history samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 

1807 On January - 05 michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79 

1814 Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

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

1827 Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1846 On January - 05 death of alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812) 

1848 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on January - 05. 

1856 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history. 

1858 On January - 05 johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 

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