Historical Events In January - 26

1887  On January - 26 battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians   

1887  On January - 26 enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist   

1891  On January - 26 oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC   

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

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

1893  On this day in history bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot   

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

1895  On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1897  On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army   

1897  On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army   

1899  Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on January - 26.   

1900  On January - 26 henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart   

1901  Ervin Major, composer on this day in history.   

1902  Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer on January - 26.   

1904  Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail) on this day in history.   

1904  On January - 26 john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64   

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  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna   

1905  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1907  Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1910  On January - 26 elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)   

1911  Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA on this day in history.   

1911  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

1912  Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) on January - 26.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.   

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.