Historical Events In January - 26

0066  On January - 26 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

1340  On this day in history english king Edward III proclaimed king of France   

1500  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on this day in history.   

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.   

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  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on January - 26.   

1611  On January - 26 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   

1613  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.   

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

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England & Munster   

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

1689  On this day in history jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr   

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

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

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 January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.   

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.   

1763  On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)   

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

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

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

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

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 January - 26.   

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

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

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

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

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

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

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