Famous Deaths In January - 26

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

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.  

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

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

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)  

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  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)  

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

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

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1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies  

1849  Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on January - 26.  

1850  Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on January - 26.  

1855  Death of Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) on January - 26.  

1869  On this day in history 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 January - 26.  

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

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.  

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

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on January - 26.  

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

1911  On January - 26 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67  

1920  On this day in history death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered  

1922  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75  

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

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on this day in history.  

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

1939  On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard  

1942  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 January - 26.  

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.