Historical Events In January - 26

0066  5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.  

1340  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

1564  The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on January - 26.  

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.  

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

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

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

1689  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

1700  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.  

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.  

1714  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on January - 26.  

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.  

1736  On January - 26 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  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.  

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  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.  

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

1667  On this day in history birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer  

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.  

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.  

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

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)  

1697  On January - 26 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 this day in history.