Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

1531  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat  

1589  On this day in history 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  

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1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.  

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

1689  On January - 26 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 January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

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 January - 26 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  On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.  

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

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

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  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 January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer  

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

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.  

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

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