Famous Deaths Happened In January - 04
Friday, 17 January 2025
0838 On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 On January - 04 death of king Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
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 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1678 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on January - 04.
1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 on January - 04.
1707 On January - 04 louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on January - 04.
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 On this day in history death of anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
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 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history.
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 On January - 04 bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland on January - 04.
1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on January - 04.
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80 on January - 04.
1864 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on January - 04.
1874 Death of Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) on this day in history.
1877 On January - 04 cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
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 this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 On January - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77