Timeline January 1794

Events in January 1794 1

• 1737 – 1794 Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) Died 16 January 1794, aged 56 English historian best known for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a landmark work of narrative history. He served briefly as a member of Parliament and spent his later years in Lausanne, Switzerland. He died in London at age 56.