Famous Deaths Happened In January - 26
Sunday, 09 February 2025
0946 On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen
1109 On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies
1567 On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
1630 On this day in history 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 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1744 On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1750 Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on this day in history.
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 January - 26.
1799 Death of Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) on this day in history.
1803 On January - 26 georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
1823 Death of Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) on January - 26.
1824 On January - 26 edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
1849 Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 on January - 26.
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 January - 26 death of duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
1870 On January - 26 cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67
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 January - 26.
1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.
1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on this day in history.
1895 On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1904 John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on January - 26.
1911 On January - 26 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67
1920 Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on this day in history.
1922 Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.
1926 Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.
1932 William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies on January - 26.
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 this day in history.
1942 On January - 26 gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
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