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  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67  

1400  On January - 05 death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)  

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

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.  

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

1477  On January - 05 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  Death of Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) on January - 05.  

1589  Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1713  Death of Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643) on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72  

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

1771  On this day in history death of john Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)  

1783  On January - 05 friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday  

1788  Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 on January - 05.  

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  On this day in history frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63  

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  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

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

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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 January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.  

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal  

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer