Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01
Monday, 27 October 2025
0379 On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 

0404 On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered 

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

0962 On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies 

1204 Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history. 

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 January - 01. 

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

1517 Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies on January - 01. 

1554 On this day in history death of pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500) 

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 Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies on this day in history. 

1626 On January - 01 cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 

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

1631 On this day in history death of thomas Hobson, the "Cambridge Carrier", eponym of Hobson's Choice (b. 1544) 

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

1697 Death of Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer/historian (b. 1624) on this day in history. 

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

1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 on this day in history. 

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 On January - 01 johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26 

1759 Death of Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705) on this day in history. 

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

1768 On January - 01 jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73 

1777 On January - 01 emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 

1782 Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46 on this day in history. 

1784 Patrice F earl de Neney, South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 on this day in history. 

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

1789 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65 on January - 01. 

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