Famous Deaths Happened In January - 05
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
0842 On this day in history death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1066 Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on this day in history.
1387 Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1400 On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)
1425 On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1448 Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.
1465 Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.
1477 Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.
1524 On this day in history marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
1527 On January - 05 death of felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498)
1588 Death of Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) on January - 05.
1589 On January - 05 catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1592 On this day in history willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
1595 Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.
1603 On this day in history pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
1667 On January - 05 death of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)
1684 On this day in history claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
1713 Death of Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643) on this day in history.
1740 On January - 05 antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
1746 On January - 05 anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
1759 On January - 05 thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
1762 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS] on January - 05.
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 January - 05.
1788 Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1796 On January - 05 samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
1807 On January - 05 michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
1814 On this day in history johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
1823 On January - 05 death of major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
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 this day in history.
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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