Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen  

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  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 this day in history.  

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

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

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.  

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.  

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

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

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

1697  On this day in history 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 January - 26.  

1700  On January - 26 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 January - 26 the magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.  

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

1708  On January - 26 william Hayes, composer  

1714  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor  

1714  On this day in history 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 this day in history prestonpans  

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne  

1742  On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer  

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  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer  

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.  

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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 January - 26.  

1613  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 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  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.  

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

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