Historical Events In January - 26
Saturday, 14 June 2025
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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