Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen  

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

1340  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die  

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

1567  On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

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  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

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

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster  

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

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

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

1697  On January - 26 isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night  

1699  On January - 26 venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey  

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.  

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  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.  

1714  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor  

1714  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)  

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on January - 26.  

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on this day in history.  

1722  On this day in history prestonpans  

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

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

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

1763  On this day in history 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  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

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

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  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.  

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

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 January - 26.  

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)  

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.