Famous Deaths In January - 26
Friday, 25 October 2024
0946 On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen
1109 Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.
1567 On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
1630 On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
1636 Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.
1697 On January - 26 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 January - 26.
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.
1798 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
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 this day in history 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 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on January - 26.
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 On January - 26 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 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.
1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on January - 26.
1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on January - 26.
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 January - 26.
1920 Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on this day in history.
1922 Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.
1926 Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on this day in history.
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 Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on January - 26.
1942 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 on January - 26.
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