Historical Events In January - 26
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.
0946 Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.
1109 Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.
1340 On January - 26 english king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1500 On January - 26 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 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1613 On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.
1666 On January - 26 france declares war on England &Münster
1666 On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster
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 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 this day in history.
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 The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.
1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1708 William Hayes, composer on January - 26.
1714 On January - 26 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.
1748 On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
1763 On January - 26 charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
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