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

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

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 January - 26 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  On this day in history job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.   

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 January - 26 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  On this day in history france declares war on England & Munster   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor   

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

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on this day in history.   

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

1736  On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

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

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

1748  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

1763  On January - 26 charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)   

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1497  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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

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

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

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

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

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

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