Page 4: Historical Events In January - 26

1887  On January - 26 battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians   

1887  On January - 26 enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist   

1891  On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC   

1891  Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) on this day in history.   

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

1893  On this day in history bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot   

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

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

1897  Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army on January - 26.   

1897  On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army   

1899  Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on January - 26.   

1900  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart   

1901  On this day in history ervin Major, composer   

1902  On January - 26 laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer   

1904  On this day in history douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)   

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

1905  Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea on January - 26.   

1905  On this day in history the world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa   

1905  World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa on January - 26.   

1905  Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1905  Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on this day in history.   

1907  On January - 26 j M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called   

1907  On this day in history the first federal corrupt election practices law passed   

1907  On this day in history 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed   

1907  Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on January - 26.   

1908  On this day in history the birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist   

1908  Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on January - 26.   

1910  Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on this day in history.   

1910  Elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA   

1911  Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego on January - 26.   

1911  On January - 26 norbert Schultze, composer   

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

1912  On January - 26 cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

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