Historical Events In January - 26

1887  On this day in history battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians   

1887  Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 26 oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC   

1891  On January - 26 ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)   

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

1893  Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot on January - 26.   

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

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

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

1897  On this day in history battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army   

1899  Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on this day in history.   

1900  Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart on this day in history.   

1901  On January - 26 ervin Major, composer   

1902  Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer on January - 26.   

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

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

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

1905  The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on January - 26.   

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 January - 26.   

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

1907  The first federal corrupt election practices law passed on January - 26.   

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

1907  Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on this day in history.   

1908  On January - 26 the birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist   

1908  Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on this day in history.   

1910  On January - 26 heavy rains cause floods in Paris   

1910  On January - 26 elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)   

1911  Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA on January - 26.   

1911  On January - 26 glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego   

1911  Norbert Schultze, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.   

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

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

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)