Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Saturday, 14 June 2025
0838 On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history.
1428 On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 On January - 04 ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on January - 04.
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 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on January - 04.
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1773 Death of Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) on this day in history.
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 this day in history mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on January - 04.
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on this day in history.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1821 On January - 04 elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
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 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 January - 04.
1882 On January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.
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.