Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

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  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on January - 26.   

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  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

1855  On January - 26 death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

1869  Death of Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

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

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on this day in history.   

1932  William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on this day in history.   

1933  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

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