Page 4: Historical Events In January - 26

1887  On January - 26 battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians   

1887  On this day in history enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist   

1891  On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC   

1891  Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) on January - 26.   

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

1893  Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot on January - 26.   

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

1895  On January - 26 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

1897  On this day in history battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army   

1897  On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army   

1899  Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on this day in history.   

1900  On January - 26 henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart   

1901  On January - 26 ervin Major, composer   

1902  On January - 26 laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer   

1904  On this day in history douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)   

1904  John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on January - 26.   

1905  Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea on this day in history.   

1905  The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on January - 26.   

1905  On January - 26 world's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa   

1905  Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna on January - 26.   

1905  Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on January - 26.   

1907  J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called on January - 26.   

1907  On January - 26 the first federal corrupt election practices law passed   

1907  1st federal corrupt election practices law passed on January - 26.   

1907  On January - 26 eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club)   

1908  The birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist on this day in history.   

1908  Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on this day in history.   

1910  Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on January - 26.   

1910  On this day in history elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)   

1911  On this day in history glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA   

1911  On January - 26 glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego   

1911  On January - 26 norbert Schultze, composer   

1911  Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1912  On January - 26 cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)   

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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 January - 26.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

1630  On January - 26 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 January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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