Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.  

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

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.  

1564  The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1613  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster  

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

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

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  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  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  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 January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer  

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

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

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.  

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer  

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.  

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 January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

1109  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.  

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  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.