Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0838 On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
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 On January - 04 death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
1584 On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 On this day in history johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on January - 04.
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 On this day in history willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 on January - 04.
1773 On January - 04 death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 On January - 04 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on January - 04.
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on this day in history.
1804 On January - 04 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on January - 04.
1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1831 On January - 04 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04.
1864 On January - 04 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 January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.
1885 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on January - 04.
1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 on this day in history.