Historical Events In January - 26
Friday, 17 October 2025
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26.
0946 On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen
1109 On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.
1500 On January - 26 vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
1531 On January - 26 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 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.
1589 On this day in history job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
1611 On this day in history 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 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on this day in history.
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 On January - 26 henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
1689 On this day in history jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
1697 On January - 26 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 On this day in history venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1700 On this day in history 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.
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 January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1708 On this day in history william Hayes, composer
1714 The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on January - 26.
1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on this day in history.
1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1722 Prestonpans on this day in history.
1736 On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1742 On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
1748 On January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
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