Famous Deaths In January - 26

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

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  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.  

1636  On January - 26 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 January - 26.  

1750  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

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

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1798  On this day in history christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49  

1799  Death of Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) on January - 26.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67  

1885  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on January - 26.  

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  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75  

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

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

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

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

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

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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