Historical Events In January - 26
Thursday, 01 June 2023
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26.
0946 Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.
1109 Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 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 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 January - 26 george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1722 Prestonpans on this day in history.
1736 On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
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 this day in history.
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.
1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.
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