Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on January - 26.   

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

1567  On January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on January - 26.   

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  On January - 26 portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife   

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.   

1736  On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on January - 26.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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

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 January - 26.   

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

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

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

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)