Page 4: Historical Events In January - 26

1887  On this day in history battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians   

1887  Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC   

1891  Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) on January - 26.   

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

1893  Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot on this day in history.   

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

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army   

1897  Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army on this day in history.   

1899  On January - 26 wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)   

1900  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart   

1901  Ervin Major, composer on January - 26.   

1902  On January - 26 laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer   

1904  On January - 26 douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)   

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

1905  Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea on January - 26.   

1905  On this day in history the world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa   

1905  On this day in history world's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa   

1905  Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna on January - 26.   

1905  On January - 26 charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)   

1907  On this day in history j M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called   

1907  The first federal corrupt election practices law passed on this day in history.   

1907  1st federal corrupt election practices law passed on January - 26.   

1907  On January - 26 eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club)   

1908  On this day in history the birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist   

1908  Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on January - 26.   

1910  Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on January - 26.   

1910  On this day in history elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)   

1911  On this day in history glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA   

1911  On this day in history glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego   

1911  Norbert Schultze, composer on January - 26.   

1911  Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on January - 26.   

1912  On this day in history cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

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 this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)