Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.
1428 Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on January - 04.
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.
1584 On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 On this day in history johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.
1701 On January - 04 ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 On this day in history louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 On this day in history stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 On January - 04 death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1786 On this day in history mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on January - 04.
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 January - 04.
1831 On January - 04 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04.
1864 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on January - 04.
1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.
1877 On January - 04 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1882 On this day in history death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 On January - 04 nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
1885 On January - 04 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on this day in history.