Historical Events In January - 26

1770  Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly on January - 26.   

1771  On January - 26 jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)   

1778  On January - 26 ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

1781  On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer   

1784  Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol on January - 26.   

1784  On January - 26 ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol   

1786  On January - 26 benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times)   

1788  On this day in history captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony   

1788  The first English convicts arrive in Australia on this day in history.   

1788  The first group of European settlers arrives in Australia on this day in history.   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip hoists the English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day on January - 26.   

1789  John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history john Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)   

1790  Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

1797  Russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty on this day in history.   

1797  On January - 26 russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1802  Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library on this day in history.   

1802  The Italian republic created January 26 from the former Cisalpine republic with Napoleon Bonaparte as president annexes Piedmont September 21 and annexes Parma and Piacenza in October on this day in history.   

1803  Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1808  On January - 26 rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.   

1813  On this day in history juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876   

1814  Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

1816  Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26] on January - 26.   

1824  On this day in history edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

1826  On this day in history julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)   

1828  On January - 26 johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer   

1831  Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan   

1833  On this day in history gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan   

1837  On this day in history michigan admitted as 26th US state   

1838  Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

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

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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