Historical Events Happened In January - 26

0066  5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26.  

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

1340  On this day in history english king Edward III proclaimed king of France  

1500  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on January - 26.  

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.  

1564  The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on this day in history.  

1567  On January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1589  On January - 26 job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.  

1611  Madame de Poutrincourt leaves Dieppe, France with Jesuits Pierre Biard and Enémond Masse and her son, Charles Biencourt; first titled lady, first Jesuits in Canada on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

1654  On January - 26 portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife  

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster  

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England & Munster  

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on January - 26.  

1697  Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on January - 26.  

1699  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.  

1699  On this day in history venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey  

1700  This great earthquake occurred about 9 pm on the Cascadia Fault, the boundary between the North American and Juan de Fuca plates. This was almost 100 years before the first European explorers made contact with native peoples on the west coast. This was one of the world's great earthquakes with a magnitude estimated at 9 on January - 26.  

1700  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.  

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

1708  On this day in history william Hayes, composer  

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.  

1714  On January - 26 jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

1715  On January - 26 claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

1716  On January - 26 george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.  

1736  On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.  

1748  On January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty  

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.  

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on January - 26.  

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.  

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  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.  

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.  

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

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

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)  

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.