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Historical Events In January - 26
Sunday, 05 April 2020
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26. 
0946 Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.
1109 On this day in history albericus of CĂ´teaux, 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 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on this day in history.
1654 On January - 26 portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history.
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on January - 26.
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 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on January - 26.
1699 Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.
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 this day in history the magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.
1708 William Hayes, composer on this day in history.
1714 The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.
1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on January - 26.
1715 On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
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 this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.
1748 On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.
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