Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

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

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

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.   

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  Death of Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

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

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

1824  On January - 26 edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

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

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  On January - 26 death of duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)   

1870  Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1885  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on January - 26.   

1886  On this day in history death of david Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)   

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

1893  On this day in history abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday   

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on January - 26.   

1904  On this day in history 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  On January - 26 death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

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  On January - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On January - 26 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.