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

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

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

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

1654  On this day in history portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife   

1666  On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster   

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

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history.   

1697  On January - 26 isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

1714  On January - 26 the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on January - 26.   

1715  On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans   

1736  On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne   

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

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on January - 26.   

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

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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