Historical Events In January - 26

0066  5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies.   

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France.   

1500  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is recorded as becoming the inaugural European to set foot on Brazil.   

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30000 die   

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

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat.   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife   

1666  France declares war on England and Munster   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr   

1697  Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night.   

1699  Venice, Poland and 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 inaugural 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   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1708  William Hayes, composer.   

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor is born   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage).   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.   

1722  Prestonpans   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer.   

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway (1818-44).   

1770  Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly.   

1771  Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname).   

1778  Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

1781  Achim v Arnim, writer.   

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1497  Emperor go-nara of japan: Emperor go-nara of japan (d. 1557)   

1541  Florent chrestien: French writer   

1613  Johann jakob wolleb: Composer   

1667  Henricus zwaardecroon: Gov-gen of neth-indies   

1708  William hayes: Composer   

1714  Jean b pigalle: French sculptor (child with bird cage)   

1715  Claude helvetius: Paris france, philosopher   

1716  George sackville germain: 1st viscount sackville   

0946  Death of Eadgyth: German queen   

1109  Death of Albericus of côteaux: French saint,   

1567  Death of Nicholas wotton: English diplomat   

1630  Henry briggs: English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Jean hotman: Marquis de villers-st-paul, french diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Georg mohr: Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Death of Guillaume poitevin: Composer,   

1744  Death of Ludwig andreas graf khevenhüller: Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)