Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

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 January - 26.  

1567  On January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on January - 26.  

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  

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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  France declares war on England & Munster on January - 26.  

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey  

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  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  On this day in history william Hayes, composer  

1714  On January - 26 the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor  

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

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

1716  On January - 26 george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.  

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on this day in history.  

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.  

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  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

1763  On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)  

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

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

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

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

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)