Famous Deaths In January - 04

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  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  Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1612  On January - 04 henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62  

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  On January - 04 ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62  

1707  Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on this day in history.  

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

1745  On January - 04 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 January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39  

1773  On this day in history death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)  

1778  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on January - 04.  

1782  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on January - 04.  

1786  Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland  

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

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

1843  On January - 04 petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80  

1864  On this day in history mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75  

1874  Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.  

1877  Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1882  On this day in history 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 January - 04.  

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

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye  

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

1567  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect was born on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

1581  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on January - 04.  

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

1643  On January - 04 birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]