Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

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  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)  

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

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

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

1750  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on January - 26.  

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

1798  On January - 26 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 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  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 January - 26.  

1855  On January - 26 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 this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

1885  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on January - 26.  

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  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 this day in history 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  On January - 26 death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered  

1922  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75  

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  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 January - 26 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 this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer  

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

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

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