Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Sunday, 14 December 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on January - 04. 

1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history. 

1428 Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on this day in history. 

1564 On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) 

1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on January - 04. 

1612 On January - 04 henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 

1678 On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 

1695 On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies 

1701 On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 

1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on January - 04. 

1729 Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on January - 04. 

1745 On January - 04 willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 

1752 On January - 04 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 

1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on January - 04. 

1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 

1773 On this day in history death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) 

1778 On January - 04 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 

1782 On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 

1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history. 

1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on this day in history. 

1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04. 

1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history. 

1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on this day in history. 

1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history. 

1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1864 On January - 04 mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 

1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on this day in history. 

1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04. 

1880 On January - 04 anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies 

1882 On January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) 

1883 On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 

1885 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history. 

1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on January - 04. 

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