Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)   

1750  On this day in history death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)   

1795  On January - 26 johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1798  On January - 26 christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49   

1799  On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on January - 26.   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on January - 26.   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on January - 26.   

1849  Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on this day in history.   

1850  On January - 26 francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

1855  On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

1869  On this day in history death of duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)   

1870  On January - 26 cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67   

1885  On this day in history death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51   

1886  Death of David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) on this day in history.   

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.   

1893  Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on January - 26.   

1895  On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1911  On January - 26 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67   

1920  On this day in history death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.   

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on January - 26.   

1933  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on January - 26.   

1939  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on January - 26.   

1942  On this day in history gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.