Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.  

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 this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.  

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

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

1611  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 on January - 26.  

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1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.  

1654  On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife  

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

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

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

1689  On January - 26 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  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.  

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

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  On January - 26 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  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.  

1714  On this day in history 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 January - 26.  

1716  On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans  

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on this day in history.  

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  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on January - 26.  

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

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

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1716  On January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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