Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Tuesday, 04 November 2025
							0838  Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.  
 
						
							1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history.  
 
						
							1428  On January - 04 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  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  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 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 January - 04.  
 
						
							1729  Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on this day in history.  
 
						
							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  On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83  
 
						
							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 January - 04.  
 
						
							1778  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on January - 04.  
 
						
							1782  On January - 04 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83  
 
						
							1786  Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history.  
 
						
							1793  On January - 04 bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35  
 
						
							1804  On this day in history 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 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  Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04.  
 
						
							1864  Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  
 
						
							1874  Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.  
 
						
							1877  Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04.  
 
						
							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 January - 04.  
 
						
							1885  Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  
 
						
							1886  Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on this day in history.  
 
						
 Hisdates•Com