Historical Events In January - 26
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on January - 26.
0946 Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on this day in history.
1564 On January - 26 the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
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 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 On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.
1666 On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on this day in history.
1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on January - 26.
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 this day in history.
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 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 The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.
1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1715 On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1722 On January - 26 prestonpans
1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on January - 26.
1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.
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 January - 26.
1763 On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
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