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

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

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

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

1897  On January - 26 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 this day in history wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)   

1900  Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history ervin Major, composer   

1902  On this day in history 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  The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on January - 26.   

1905  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

1905  Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on this day in history.   

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

1907  The first federal corrupt election practices law passed on January - 26.   

1907  On this day in history 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed   

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  On this day in history stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist   

1910  On this day in history heavy rains cause floods in Paris   

1910  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

1911  Norbert Schultze, composer on this day in history.   

1911  On January - 26 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67   

1912  On this day in history 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 January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

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

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

1716  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)