Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)   

1750  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on January - 26.   

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

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

1799  Death of Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) on January - 26.   

1803  On this day in history georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on this day in history.   

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

1849  On this day in history death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

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

1855  Death of Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on this day in history.   

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

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1933  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on this day in history.   

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 January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

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

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.