Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26
Friday, 27 March 2026
0946 Eadgyth: German queen 

1109 Albericus of côteaux: French saint, 

1567 Nicholas wotton: English diplomat 

1630 Henry briggs: English mathematician (b. 1556) 

1636 Jean hotman: Marquis de villers-st-paul, french diplomat (b. 1552) 

1697 Georg mohr: Danish mathematician (b. 1640) 

1706 Guillaume poitevin: Composer, 

1744 Ludwig andreas graf khevenhüller: Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) 

1750 Albert schultens: Dutch philologist (b. 1686) 

1795 Johann christoph friedrich bach: Composer, 

1798 Christian gottlob neefe: German organist/composer, 

1799 Gabriel christie: British general (b. 1722) 

1803 Georg von pasterwiz: Composer, 

1823 Edward jenner: English physician (b. 1749) 

1824 Edward jenner: Discoverer (vaccination), 

1849 Thomas lovell beddoes: English poet (death's jest-book), suicide at 45 

1850 Francis jeffrey: Baron jeffrey, judge/literary critic, 

1855 Gérard de nerval: French writer (b. 1808) 

1869 Duncan gordon boyes: English recipient of the victoria cross (b. 1846) 

1870 Cesare pugni: Composer, 

1885 Charles george gordon: Brit gov-gen (sudan), executed at 51 

1886 David rice atchison: American politician (b. 1807) 

1891 Nicholaus otto: Auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), 

1893 Abner doubleday: Credit with inventing baseball, 

1895 Arthur cayley: Mathematician, 

1904 John p r tak: Dutch liberal politician, 

1911 Charles wentworth dilke: English undersecretary of state, 

1920 Matthias enzberger: German minister of finance, murdered 

1922 Luigi denza: Composer, 

1926 John flannagan: 2nd president of st. ambrose university 

1932 William k wrigley: Owner (wrigley gum, chicago cubs), 

1933 Alva belmont: American socialite (b. 1853) 

1939 Armand calinescu: Romania's pm, assassinated by the iron guard 

1942 Gerard l f philips: Dutch manufacturer (philips), 

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