Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

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  On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1798  On January - 26 christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49   

1799  On January - 26 death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1823  On January - 26 death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51   

1886  Death of David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

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

1922  On January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1926  On this day in history death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on January - 26.   

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  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 this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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 January - 26 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  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.