Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.
1248 On January - 04 death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1428 On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.
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 On January - 04 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 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1745 On this day in history willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on this day in history.
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 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 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 On January - 04 ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on January - 04.
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 January - 04.
1877 On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
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 On this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on this day in history.