Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen  

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

1340  On this day in history english king Edward III proclaimed king of France  

1500  On this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.  

1531  On January - 26 lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die  

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  On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

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 January - 26.  

1613  On this day in history 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  France declares war on England & Munster on January - 26.  

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

1689  On January - 26 jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr  

1697  On January - 26 isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night  

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

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 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 January - 26.  

1708  William Hayes, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.  

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

1742  On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer  

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty  

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

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

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

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

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

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen  

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

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

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)  

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 January - 26.