Famous Deaths In January - 26

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on January - 26.  

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1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on January - 26.  

1799  On January - 26 death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)  

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

1849  Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on January - 26.  

1850  Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on January - 26.  

1855  Death of Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1885  On January - 26 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 January - 26 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 January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75  

1926  On January - 26 death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University  

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on January - 26.  

1933  On January - 26 death of alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)  

1939  On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard  

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 January - 26.  

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

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.  

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

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.  

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

1716  On January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville