Historical Events In January - 26

0066  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

1340  On this day in history english king Edward III proclaimed king of France   

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  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 January - 26.   

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  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history.   

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  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 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  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  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  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  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

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

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

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

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

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  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

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 January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

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

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

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