Page 2: Historical Events In January - 26

1770  On January - 26 alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly   

1771  On this day in history jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)   

1778  Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis) on this day in history.   

1781  Achim v Arnim, writer on this day in history.   

1784  On January - 26 ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol   

1784  On January - 26 ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol   

1786  On this day in history benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times)   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony on this day in history.   

1788  The first English convicts arrive in Australia on January - 26.   

1788  The first group of European settlers arrives in Australia on January - 26.   

1788  On January - 26 captain Arthur Phillip hoists the English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day   

1789  John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on January - 26.   

1789  John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on January - 26.   

1790  On January - 26 mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna   

1795  On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1797  Russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty on January - 26.   

1797  Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty on January - 26.   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1802  Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library on January - 26.   

1802  On this day in history the Italian republic created January 26 from the former Cisalpine republic with Napoleon Bonaparte as president annexes Piedmont September 21 and annexes Parma and Piacenza in October   

1803  On this day in history georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1808  On January - 26 rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.   

1813  On this day in history juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876   

1814  On January - 26 rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876   

1816  Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on January - 26.   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26] on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

1826  On this day in history julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)   

1828  On this day in history johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer   

1831  On this day in history mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

1833  On January - 26 gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan   

1833  Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan on January - 26.   

1837  Michigan admitted as 26th US state on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

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

1716  On January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

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

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

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.