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Events on Thursday 16 January 1794 1
1737 – 1794Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)Died 16 January 1794, aged 56English 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.