Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

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

1567  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.  

1697  On January - 26 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 January - 26.  

1750  On January - 26 death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)  

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

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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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1855  On January - 26 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 this day in history death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

1886  Death of David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history 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 January - 26 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 January - 26.  

1926  Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history william K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies  

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 January - 26.  

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.  

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