Page 2: Historical Events In January - 26

1770  On January - 26 alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly   

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

1778  On this day in history ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

1781  On January - 26 achim v Arnim, writer   

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

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

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

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony on January - 26.   

1788  The first English convicts arrive in Australia on January - 26.   

1788  On January - 26 the first group of European settlers arrives in Australia.   

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  On January - 26 mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna   

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

1797  On this day in history russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty   

1797  Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty on January - 26.   

1798  On January - 26 christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49   

1802  On this day in history congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library   

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 January - 26.   

1803  On January - 26 georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

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

1813  Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876   

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 this day in history.   

1824  On January - 26 edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies   

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

1828  On this day in history johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer   

1831  On January - 26 mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

1833  On January - 26 gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan   

1833  Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan on January - 26.   

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

1838  Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on January - 26.   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

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

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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 January - 26.   

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

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

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

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

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)