Historical Events In January - 26

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

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

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

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

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 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)