Famous Deaths In January - 26

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

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

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.   

1750  Death of Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) on January - 26.   

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on January - 26.   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on January - 26.   

1799  On January - 26 death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

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  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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies   

1893  On this day in history abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday   

1895  Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on January - 26.   

1904  On this day in history john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64   

1911  On this day in history charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67   

1920  Death of Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on January - 26.   

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

1926  Death of John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.   

1932  On this day in history william K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies   

1933  On this day in history death of alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)   

1939  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

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 January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville