Historical Events In January - 26
Saturday, 10 April 2021
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 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 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 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 this day in history.
1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on this day in history.
1654 On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 On January - 26 france declares war on England &Münster
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on January - 26.
1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.
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 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.
1708 William Hayes, composer on January - 26.
1714 On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor
1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on this day in history.
1715 On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher
1716 George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on this day in history.
1722 Prestonpans on January - 26.
1736 On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on January - 26.
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history.
1763 On January - 26 charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
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