Historical Events In January - 26
Friday, 02 January 2026
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 January - 26. 

1340 On January - 26 english king Edward III proclaimed king of France 

1500 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on January - 26. 

1531 On this day in history lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 

1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on January - 26. 

1567 On January - 26 nicholas Wotton, English diplomat 

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 this day in history. 

1613 On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer 

1654 On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 

1666 On this day in history 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 Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on January - 26. 

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 On January - 26 venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 

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 this day in history. 

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

1708 On January - 26 william Hayes, composer 

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

1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on January - 26. 

1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on this day in history. 

1716 George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on January - 26. 

1722 Prestonpans on January - 26. 

1736 On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne 

1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on January - 26. 

1748 On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty 

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

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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