Page 2: Historical Events In January - 26

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

1771  On January - 26 jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)   

1778  On January - 26 ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

1781  On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer   

1784  On this day in history ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol   

1784  Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol on January - 26.   

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

1788  On January - 26 captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony   

1788  On January - 26 the first English convicts arrive in Australia   

1788  The first group of European settlers arrives in Australia on this day in history.   

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

1789  On this day in history john Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)   

1789  John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on this day in history.   

1790  Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on January - 26.   

1797  On January - 26 russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty   

1797  On January - 26 russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty   

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

1802  On January - 26 congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library   

1802  On January - 26 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 January - 26 georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1808  Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia on this day in history.   

1813  Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876 on this day in history.   

1814  Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

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  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on January - 26.   

1826  Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76) on this day in history.   

1828  Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

1831  Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) on this day in history.   

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

1833  Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

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

1838  Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on January - 26.   

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

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  On January - 26 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  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.   

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.   

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

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.