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Saturday, 26 July 2014
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history. Share it »
0946 Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history. Share it »
1109 On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies Share it »
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history. Share it »
1500 On this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. Share it »
1531 On this day in history lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die Share it »
1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on this day in history. Share it »
1567 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history. Share it »
1589 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history. Share it »
1611 On this day in history 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 Share it »
1613 On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer Share it »
1654 On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife Share it »
1666 France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history. Share it »
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on this day in history. Share it »
1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on this day in history. Share it »
1689 Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history. Share it »
1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on this day in history. Share it »
1699 Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history. Share it »
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history. Share it »
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 this day in history. Share it »
1700 On this day in history the magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. Share it »
1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. Share it »
1708 William Hayes, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1714 The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history. Share it »
1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on this day in history. Share it »
1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on this day in history. Share it »
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville Share it »
1722 On this day in history prestonpans Share it »
1736 On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne Share it »
1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history. Share it »
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history. Share it »
1748 On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer Share it »
1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history. Share it »
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