Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.   

1750  On January - 26 death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)   

1795  On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1823  On January - 26 death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

1824  On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

1849  Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on January - 26.   

1850  On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

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

1869  Death of Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) on January - 26.   

1870  Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on January - 26.   

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 January - 26.   

1891  On January - 26 nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

1893  On January - 26 abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday   

1895  On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on January - 26.   

1911  Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1920  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on January - 26.   

1922  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1926  On January - 26 death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on this day in history.   

1933  On January - 26 death of alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)   

1939  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on this day in history.   

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

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

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

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

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  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville