Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

1340  On January - 26 english king Edward III proclaimed king of France   

1500  On this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.   

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 January - 26.   

1567  On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on January - 26.   

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 January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history.   

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on January - 26.   

1666  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster   

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history.   

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

1700  On this day in history 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.   

1700  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on this day in history.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

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 this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on this day in history.   

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on January - 26.   

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

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

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 January - 26 charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

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

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.