Famous Deaths In January - 04

0838  On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred  

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.  

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 January - 04.  

1584  On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44  

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 this day in history.  

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

1701  On January - 04 ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62  

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

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 January - 04 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47  

1761  Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on January - 04.  

1765  On this day in history joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39  

1773  Death of Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57  

1782  On January - 04 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83  

1786  On January - 04 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 January - 04.  

1809  On January - 04 bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67  

1821  Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on this day in history.  

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

1831  Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on January - 04.  

1843  On this day in history petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80  

1864  Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1874  On January - 04 death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)  

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

1880  Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on January - 04.  

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

1883  Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on January - 04.  

1885  Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on January - 04.  

1886  Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on January - 04.  

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1077  On this day in history birth of emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)  

1334  Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye was born on January - 04.  

1334  On January - 04 birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)  

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

1579  On January - 04 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

1581  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on this day in history.  

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

1643  Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS] was born on this day in history.