Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01. 

0404 Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history. 

0898 On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 

0962 Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history. 

1204 Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01. 

1387 On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies 

1502 Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history. 

1515 On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 

1517 On this day in history hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies 

1554 Death of Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500) on this day in history. 

1557 On this day in history jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 

1559 On January - 01 christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies 

1560 Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies on this day in history. 

1617 On January - 01 hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies 

1626 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1630 On January - 01 tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies 

1631 Death of Thomas Hobson, the "Cambridge Carrier", eponym of Hobson's Choice (b. 1544) on this day in history. 

1661 Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64 on January - 01. 

1697 On this day in history death of filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer/historian (b. 1624) 

1701 On January - 01 pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64 

1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 on January - 01. 

1730 On January - 01 daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82 

1742 On January - 01 death of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686) 

1748 On January - 01 death of johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667) 

1753 On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55 

1758 Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26 on this day in history. 

1759 On this day in history death of jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705) 

1766 On this day in history frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies 

1768 Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1777 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on January - 01. 

1782 On January - 01 johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46 

1784 On this day in history patrice F earl de Neney, South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 

1787 Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44 on January - 01. 

1789 On this day in history christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65 

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