Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.   

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on January - 26.   

1666  France declares war on England & Munster on this day in history.   

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

1689  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1699  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on this day in history.   

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

1714  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

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

1748  On January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

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

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history.   

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  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.   

1715  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

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

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

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)