Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Monday, 02 February 2026
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 this day in history. 

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 January - 04. 

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

1678 On this day in history johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 

1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on January - 04. 

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

1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on January - 04. 

1729 On this day in history 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 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 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on January - 04. 

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

1821 On January - 04 elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland 

1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on January - 04. 

1831 On January - 04 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 

1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

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 On January - 04 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 

1880 On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies 

1882 On this day in history death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) 

1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history. 

1885 On January - 04 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 

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

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