Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
0379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.
0404 Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.
0898 On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39
0962 On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies
1204 On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)
1387 Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.
1502 On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
1515 Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.
1517 On January - 01 hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
1554 On this day in history death of pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500)
1557 On this day in history jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1559 On January - 01 christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1560 On this day in history guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
1617 On this day in history hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
1626 On January - 01 cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1630 On this day in history tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies
1631 On January - 01 death of thomas Hobson, the "Cambridge Carrier", eponym of Hobson's Choice (b. 1544)
1661 Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64 on January - 01.
1697 On this day in history death of filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer/historian (b. 1624)
1701 On January - 01 pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64
1716 On this day in history william Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
1730 On this day in history daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82
1742 On January - 01 death of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686)
1748 On January - 01 death of johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
1753 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1758 Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26 on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history death of jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705)
1766 Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies on January - 01.
1768 On January - 01 jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1777 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on January - 01.
1782 Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46 on January - 01.
1784 Patrice F earl de Neney, South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1787 Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1789 On January - 01 christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65