Famous Deaths In January - 05

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.  

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.  

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on this day in history.  

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)  

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.  

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43  

1524  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73 on January - 05.  

1527  On January - 05 death of felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)  

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1588  Death of Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

1589  Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 on January - 05.  

1592  On January - 05 willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75  

1595  Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1603  On January - 05 pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73  

1667  On January - 05 death of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)  

1684  Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44 on January - 05.  

1713  On January - 05 death of jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)  

1740  Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

1746  On January - 05 anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53  

1759  On this day in history thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79  

1762  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS] on this day in history.  

1771  Death of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710) on January - 05.  

1783  Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85  

1796  On January - 05 samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64  

1807  Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79 on January - 05.  

1814  On January - 05 johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72  

1823  Death of Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764) on this day in history.  

1827  Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1846  Death of Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812) on January - 05.  

1848  Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on January - 05.  

1856  On January - 05 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67  

1858  Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.  

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.  

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer  

1587  On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.  

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.  

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on January - 05.  

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer