Historical Events In January - 26
Friday, 29 March 2024
1770 On January - 26 alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly
1771 On January - 26 jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)
1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis) on this day in history.
1781 On January - 26 achim v Arnim, writer
1784 On this day in history ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol on January - 26.
1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) on January - 26.
1788 On January - 26 captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony
1788 The first English convicts arrive in Australia on January - 26.
1788 The first group of European settlers arrives in Australia on this day in history.
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists the English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day on January - 26.
1789 John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on this day in history.
1789 John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on this day in history.
1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
1797 Russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty on this day in history.
1797 Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty on this day in history.
1798 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1802 On January - 26 congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1802 The Italian republic created January 26 from the former Cisalpine republic with Napoleon Bonaparte as president annexes Piedmont September 21 and annexes Parma and Piacenza in October on January - 26.
1803 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on January - 26.
1808 Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia on January - 26.
1813 Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876 on January - 26.
1814 On January - 26 rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
1816 On January - 26 lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1819 On this day in history abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26]
1824 On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
1826 Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76) on January - 26.
1828 On this day in history johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer
1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) on January - 26.
1833 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan on January - 26.
1833 On January - 26 gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state on this day in history.
1838 Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on January - 26.
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