Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on January - 04.
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.
1428 On January - 04 death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on January - 04.
1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1612 On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.
1701 On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies on January - 04.
1729 On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1745 On January - 04 willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 on January - 04.
1773 On this day in history death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on January - 04.
1782 On January - 04 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on January - 04.
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on this day in history.
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on January - 04.
1843 On January - 04 petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 On January - 04 mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on January - 04.
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82 on January - 04.
1880 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on January - 04.
1882 Death of John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) on this day in history.
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.
1885 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77