Historical Events In January - 26
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0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26.
0946 On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen
1109 Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.
1589 On this day in history 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 January - 26.
1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history.
1666 On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on this day in history.
1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on January - 26.
1689 On this day in history jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
1697 On this day in history isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.
1700 On January - 26 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 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 this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1708 On January - 26 william Hayes, composer
1714 On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor
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 On this day in history prestonpans
1736 On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1742 On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.
1748 On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1748 On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.
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