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  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

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  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)  

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

1750  On this day in history death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)  

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history 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 January - 26 georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72  

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on January - 26.  

1824  On January - 26 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  On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

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

1886  Death of David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) on January - 26.  

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

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

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

1920  On January - 26 death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered  

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

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  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on this day in history.  

1939  On January - 26 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 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  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer  

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

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

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