Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.   

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

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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

1803  On January - 26 georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1823  On January - 26 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of david Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)   

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on this day in history.   

1893  Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on January - 26.   

1895  On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1904  On this day in history john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64   

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

1920  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on January - 26.   

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.   

1926  On January - 26 death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

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

1933  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on this day in history.   

1939  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on this day in history.   

1942  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

1667  On this day in history birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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 January - 26.   

1716  On January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville