Famous Deaths In January - 05

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on this day in history.  

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

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 this day in history.  

1527  Death of Felix Manz, Swiss leader (executed) (b. 1498) on this day in history.  

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1588  On January - 05 death of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)  

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 January - 05.  

1603  Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73 on January - 05.  

1667  Death of Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) on January - 05.  

1684  On January - 05 claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44  

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

1740  Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 on January - 05.  

1746  On this day in history anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53  

1759  Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1762  On January - 05 elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]  

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 this day in history.  

1814  Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72 on January - 05.  

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 January - 05.  

1848  Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1856  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1858  On January - 05 johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91  

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1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.  

1587  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.