Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

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

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

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

1630  On January - 26 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  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  On January - 26 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  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on January - 26.   

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

1823  On this day in history death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

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  On January - 26 francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

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

1869  Death of Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

1870  Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 on January - 26.   

1885  On January - 26 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51   

1886  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

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 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 January - 26.   

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

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

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  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.