Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

1795  On January - 26 johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

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

1799  On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on January - 26.   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on this day in history.   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1869  On January - 26 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  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday   

1895  On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

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 January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

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 this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 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  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.