Famous Deaths In January - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.  Share it »

0570  On this day in history death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)  Share it »

0936  On this day in history death of king Rudolph of France  Share it »

1208  On this day in history death of peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered  Share it »

1345  On this day in history death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler  Share it »

1481  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)  Share it »

1595  On this day in history death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)  Share it »

1672  On this day in history death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)  Share it »

1683  Death of Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609) on this day in history.  Share it »

1684  On this day in history caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48  Share it »

1705  Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1744  On this day in history charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72  Share it »

1755  On this day in history azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83  Share it »

1765  On this day in history carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61  Share it »

1775  Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1781  Death of Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) on this day in history.  Share it »

1788  Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  Share it »

1790  On this day in history death of john Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)  Share it »

1804  On this day in history death of dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)  Share it »

1812  Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Share it »

1815  Death of Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. 1761 on this day in history.  Share it »

1816  On this day in history henry Harington, composer, dies at 88  Share it »

1844  Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  Share it »

1864  Death of Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792) on this day in history.  Share it »

1866  M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1876  Death of Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) on this day in history.  Share it »

1893  On this day in history death of fanny Kemble, British actress and author (b. 1809)  Share it »

1896  On this day in history matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72  Share it »

1904  On this day in history eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73  Share it »

1909  Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  Share it »

1911  On this day in history wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49  Share it »

1915  Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  Share it »

1916  On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)  Share it »

1919  On this day in history death of karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47  Share it »

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1432  On this day in history birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)  Share it »

1481  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)  Share it »

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1567  On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)  Share it »

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)  Share it »

1674  On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)  Share it »