Historical Events In January - 26

0066  5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

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 this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.   

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.   

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 January - 26 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  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history.   

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on this day in history.   

1689  On January - 26 jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr   

1697  On this day in history isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night   

1699  On this day in history venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey   

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.   

1714  On January - 26 jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on this day in history.   

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on this day in history.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.   

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

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

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

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 January - 26.   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.