Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1340  On this day in history english king Edward III proclaimed king of France   

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

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

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 January - 26.   

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 January - 26 france declares war on England &Münster   

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England & Munster   

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  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  Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history 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 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  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

1708  William Hayes, composer on this day in history.   

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on January - 26.   

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

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

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

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 January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

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

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  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

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

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

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

1715  On January - 26 birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

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

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

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

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.