Famous Deaths In January - 04

0838  On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred  

1248  On January - 04 death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)  

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on January - 04.  

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

1584  On January - 04 tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44  

1612  Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.  

1678  Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on January - 04.  

1695  Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.  

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.  

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1729  Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62  

1752  On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47  

1761  On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83  

1765  On this day in history joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39  

1773  On January - 04 death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)  

1778  On January - 04 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 January - 04 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  On January - 04 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies  

1809  On January - 04 bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67  

1821  Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on January - 04.  

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 January - 04.  

1843  On this day in history petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80  

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  Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.  

1882  Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on January - 04.  

1883  Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on January - 04.  

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

1886  On January - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77  

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1077  On January - 04 birth of emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)  

1334  On January - 04 birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye  

1334  Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) was born on January - 04.  

1567  On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect  

1579  On January - 04 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

1581  On January - 04 birth of james Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)  

1604  On this day in history birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)  

1643  On this day in history birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]