Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

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

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

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

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

1799  On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on January - 26.   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on January - 26.   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

1850  On January - 26 francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

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

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

1870  On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67   

1885  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

1893  On January - 26 abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday   

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

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

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  On January - 26 death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard   

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 January - 26.   

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  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.   

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