Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen  

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

1340  On January - 26 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  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on this day in history.  

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

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.  

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history.  

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

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England & Munster  

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on January - 26.  

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

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

1708  On January - 26 william Hayes, composer  

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

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 January - 26.  

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

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

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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  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 January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer  

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

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

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.  

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

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

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.  

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  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)