Famous Deaths In January - 01

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

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

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

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

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.  

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52  

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

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

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1557  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1617  Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1626  Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

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  On this day in history william Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75  

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

1742  Death of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46  

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 this day in history.  

1789  On January - 01 christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65  

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

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.  

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

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

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.