Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

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

1340  On January - 26 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  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.   

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  On January - 26 job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.   

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  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.   

1654  Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on January - 26.   

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

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

1667  On January - 26 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 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  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  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on January - 26.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

1714  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor   

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

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

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

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans   

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

1742  On this day in history 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  On January - 26 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 this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

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

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

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