Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

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

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

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  On January - 26 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 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  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 this day in history death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

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

1849  On January - 26 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

1850  Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1885  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1891  On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

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  On January - 26 john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64   

1911  On this day in history charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67   

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

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.   

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

1932  On this day in history william K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies   

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  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.   

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