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 January - 05.   

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  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.   

1524  On January - 05 marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73   

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

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

1589  On this day in history catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69   

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72   

1746  Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1759  Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 on January - 05.   

1762  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS] on January - 05.   

1771  On January - 05 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  Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79   

1814  On this day in history 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 January - 05.   

1846  On this day in history death of alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)   

1848  On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73   

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

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

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

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

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.   

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

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