Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

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

1340  On January - 26 english king Edward III proclaimed king of France  

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

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on this day in history.  

1564  On January - 26 the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on January - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1699  On this day in history venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey  

1700  On this day in history 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  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.  

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.  

1714  On January - 26 the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor  

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  On this day in history prestonpans  

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.  

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.  

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

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer  

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

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

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

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

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 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)