Historical Events In January - 26

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

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

1531  On this day in history 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 January - 26.   

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  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 on January - 26.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.   

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 this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history.   

1700  On January - 26 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 this day in history.   

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1708  On this day in history william Hayes, composer   

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

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) on January - 26.   

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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  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.   

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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