Famous Deaths In January - 26

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

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

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  On this day in history 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 January - 26 death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)   

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

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  On January - 26 death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on January - 26.   

1849  On this day in history death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

1850  On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

1855  On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

1869  Death of Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) on January - 26.   

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

1891  On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

1893  On this day in history 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  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1926  Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.   

1932  On January - 26 william K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies   

1933  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on January - 26.   

1939  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on January - 26.   

1942  On January - 26 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 this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

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

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