Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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  On this day in history lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die   

1564  On this day in history the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.   

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

1589  On this day in history job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.   

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 this day in history.   

1613  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1666  France declares war on England &Münster on this day in history.   

1666  On January - 26 france declares war on England & Munster   

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

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  On January - 26 venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey   

1699  Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on January - 26.   

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

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on this day in history.   

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

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

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 January - 26.   

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

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

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

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

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

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

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

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

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.