Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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)   

1750  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) on January - 26.   

1803  On this day in history georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on this day in history.   

1824  On January - 26 edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history death of duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)   

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 this day in history death of david Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)   

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.   

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

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

1904  On this day in history john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64   

1911  Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1920  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on this day in history.   

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.   

1926  On January - 26 death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

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  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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