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 January - 26.   

1891  Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 26 ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)   

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

1893  On January - 26 bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot   

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

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

1897  Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army on January - 26.   

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

1899  Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on this day in history.   

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

1901  On January - 26 ervin Major, composer   

1902  Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer on this day in history.   

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

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on January - 26.   

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

1905  The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on this day in history.   

1905  World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa on January - 26.   

1905  Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed   

1907  Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on this day in history.   

1908  The birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist on this day in history.   

1908  Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on this day in history.   

1910  Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on this day in history.   

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

1911  On January - 26 glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA   

1911  Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego on January - 26.   

1911  On January - 26 norbert Schultze, composer   

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

1912  On January - 26 cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

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  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 January - 26.   

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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