Historical Events In January - 26

0066  On January - 26 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

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  On January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history 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  

1613  On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1689  On January - 26 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 January - 26.  

1699  On January - 26 venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey  

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  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on this day in history.  

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

1708  On this day in history william Hayes, composer  

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on January - 26.  

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

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

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on this day in history.  

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans  

1736  On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer  

1748  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on January - 26.  

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.  

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.  

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer  

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.  

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.  

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

1567  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

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

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)  

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.  

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.