Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

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  On this day in history lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die   

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 this day in history.   

1589  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 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  On this day in history henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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  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 January - 26.   

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.   

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

1715  On January - 26 claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  On January - 26 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  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.   

1748  On January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.   

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

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

1715  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

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

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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