Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

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

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

1750  On this day in history 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  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  On January - 26 death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on January - 26.   

1849  Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on this day in history.   

1850  Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1895  On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

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

1911  On this day in history charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67   

1920  On January - 26 death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

1922  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

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  Death of Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard on January - 26.   

1942  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

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 January - 26.   

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

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

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