Famous Deaths In January - 01

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.  

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

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

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

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

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

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

1517  Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies on this day in history.  

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

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1557  On January - 01 jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65  

1559  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies on this day in history.  

1560  Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies on January - 01.  

1617  Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies on January - 01.  

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

1630  Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies on January - 01.  

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

1661  On January - 01 pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64  

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

1701  On this day in history pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64  

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

1730  Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82 on January - 01.  

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

1748  Death of Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

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 January - 01.  

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

1766  Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies on January - 01.  

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

1777  Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1782  Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46 on January - 01.  

1784  On January - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.  

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.