Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Saturday, 31 January 2026
0838 On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred 

1248 On this day in history death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) 

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

1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on January - 04. 

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

1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

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

1695 On this day in history duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies 

1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on January - 04. 

1707 On January - 04 louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies 

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

1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on January - 04. 

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 Death of Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) on January - 04. 

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 On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 

1793 On January - 04 bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 

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

1809 On this day in history bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 

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

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

1831 On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 

1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04. 

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 this day in history. 

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

1882 Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on this day in history. 

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 January - 04. 

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