Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history 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  The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history.   

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 January - 26.   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history.   

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on January - 26.   

1666  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster   

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history.   

1697  Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on January - 26.   

1699  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.   

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.   

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  On this day in history the magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

1714  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor   

1714  On January - 26 jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on this day in history.   

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

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

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

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

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

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

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

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