Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

1849  On January - 26 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

1850  On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

1855  On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

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

1891  On January - 26 nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

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

1895  On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history 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  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1942  On January - 26 gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83   

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

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  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.