Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

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

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On this day in history 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 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 January - 26 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  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

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  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  On this day in history cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67   

1885  Death of Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 on January - 26.   

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  Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on January - 26.   

1895  On this day in history 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 January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1926  On this day in history death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on January - 26.   

1933  Death of Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard   

1942  On this day in history gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83   

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.