January 26
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Art and culture
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
Births
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1921 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1932 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1947 - Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
Deaths
- 946 - Eadgyth, German Queen
- 1567 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
- 1630 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- 1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1697 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- 1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
- 1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1869 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
- 1870 - Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
- 1885 - Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
- 1885 - Charles George Gordon, British general (b. 1833)
- 1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
- 1891 - Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (b. 1833)
- 1893 - Abner Doubleday, credited inventor of baseball (b. 1819)
- 1904 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
- 1926 - John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
- 1932 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (b. 1861)
- 1933 - Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
- 1942 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
- 1943 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (b. 1887)
- 1946 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
- 1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano (b. 1898)
- 1947 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, (b. 1906)
- 1952 - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
- 1953 - Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
- 1961 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1962 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
- 1968 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1976 - João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1990 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
- 1992 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- 1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
- 1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
- 2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
- 2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
- 2006 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
Notes
Coxsone Dodd Gérard de Nerval Roger Vadim Eddie Barclay Ludwig Achim von Arnim Daniele Luttazzi Théodore Géricault Eduard Fuchs Frédérick Lemaître Patrick Dewaere Amédée de Noé A. E. van Vogt Mikel Rouse Karen Young (American singer) Paul Newman Raymond Williams Lady Caroline Lamb
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