Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Thursday, 20 February 2025
0838 Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.
1248 Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on this day in history.
1428 On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.
1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on January - 04.
1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1678 On this day in history 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 January - 04 ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 On January - 04 louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 On this day in history 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 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 Death of Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) on this day in history.
1778 On January - 04 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on January - 04.
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on this day in history.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1821 On January - 04 elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 On January - 04 petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
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 January - 04.
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on January - 04.
1885 On January - 04 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 On this day in history ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77