Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0838 On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 On this day in history death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1428 On this day in history death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 On January - 04 death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
1584 On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.
1678 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1695 On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
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 this day in history.
1729 On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1745 On this day in history willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on January - 04.
1761 On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
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 this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 On this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on January - 04.
1821 On this day in history elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
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 this day in history petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 On January - 04 mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 On this day in history death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1877 On January - 04 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies on this day in history.
1882 On January - 04 death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on January - 04.
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