Famous Deaths Happened In January - 02
Saturday, 25 October 2025
0017 On January - 02 publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies 

1512 Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02. 

1514 On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) 

1557 On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) 

1685 Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on January - 02. 

1694 On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) 

1726 On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 

1740 On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 

1763 On this day in history john Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 

1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66 on January - 02. 

1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1790 On January - 02 joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies 

1801 On this day in history johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 

1803 On January - 02 ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 

1861 On January - 02 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 

1863 On January - 02 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 

1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history. 

1893 Death of John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) on this day in history. 

1904 On this day in history james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 

1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 on January - 02. 

1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1917 On January - 02 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 

1918 Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on this day in history. 

1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64 on January - 02. 

1923 Death of Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK on this day in history. 

1924 On this day in history death of sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834) 

1929 Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 on this day in history. 

1936 Death of Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) on January - 02. 

1937 On this day in history ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 

1939 Death of Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) on this day in history. 

1941 On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 

1945 On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 

1946 Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies on this day in history. 

1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 on January - 02. 

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