Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On January - 26 eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on January - 26.   

1500  On this day in history vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.   

1531  On January - 26 lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die   

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

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on January - 26.   

1611  On January - 26 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  On January - 26 france declares war on England &Münster   

1666  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster   

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

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 January - 26.   

1699  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history william Hayes, composer   

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

1714  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

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

1742  On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

1748  On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  On January - 26 england, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

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  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On January - 26 birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

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

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

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

1716  On January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

0946  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)