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Historical Events For January - 26
Monday, 25 September 2017
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26. 
0946 On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen
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 On January - 26 vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
1531 On January - 26 lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1564 On this day in history the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
1567 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.
1589 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history.
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 January - 26.
1613 On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.
1666 On January - 26 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 On January - 26 jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
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 On this day in history venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1699 On January - 26 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 On January - 26 the magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1706 On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1708 William Hayes, composer on this day in history.
1714 The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.
1714 On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)
1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on January - 26.
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1722 Prestonpans on this day in history.
1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
1763 On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
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