Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on January - 26.   

1500  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on January - 26.   

1531  On January - 26 lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die   

1564  On this day in history the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.   

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

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 January - 26.   

1654  On January - 26 portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife   

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

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

1667  On this day in history henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1689  On January - 26 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  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.   

1699  On January - 26 venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey   

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 January - 26.   

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  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on January - 26.   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on January - 26.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville on this day in history.   

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.   

1736  On January - 26 stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

1748  On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history.   

1763  On January - 26 charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

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

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

1667  On this day in history birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.   

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

1716  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

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

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

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)