Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on January - 26.   

1500  On January - 26 vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.   

1531  On this day in history 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 January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1589  On January - 26 job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.   

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 this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife   

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

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

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 26.   

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 January - 26.   

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans   

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 January - 26.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.   

1748  On this day in history 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  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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