Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26

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

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

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

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

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  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.   

1750  On this day in history death of albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)   

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

1798  On January - 26 christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49   

1799  On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on January - 26.   

1823  Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on January - 26.   

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

1849  On January - 26 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

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 January - 26.   

1869  Death of Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) on January - 26.   

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  Death of David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) on this day in history.   

1891  Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1920  On this day in history death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

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

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

1939  On January - 26 death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard   

1942  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 on January - 26.   

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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 January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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

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