Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen  

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies  

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  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 this day in history.  

1589  On this day in history job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.  

1611  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster  

1667  On January - 26 henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1689  On this day in history jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr  

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

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

1708  On this day in history william Hayes, composer  

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on January - 26.  

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

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 January - 26.  

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

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

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

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

1748  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

1763  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.  

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  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  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 January - 26.  

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.