Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)  

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)  

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)  

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 January - 26.  

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

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  On this day in history death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)  

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  On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies  

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  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  On January - 26 death of david Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)  

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 January - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1920  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on January - 26.  

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history 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  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on January - 26.  

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  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.  

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.  

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

1716  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville