Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Friday, 11 July 2025
0838 On January - 04 death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history.
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 On January - 04 tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.
1678 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on January - 04.
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.
1701 On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on this day in history.
1729 On January - 04 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 On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1786 On this day in history 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 this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 On January - 04 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 this day in history.
1831 On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 On this day in history petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 On January - 04 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 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.
1882 Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on January - 04.
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 January - 04.