Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  Eadgyth, German Queen on this day in history.   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

1340  English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history.   

1500  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on January - 26.   

1531  On January - 26 lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die   

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 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 January - 26.   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on January - 26.   

1654  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

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

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  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  On January - 26 william Hayes, composer   

1714  The birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor on January - 26.   

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

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on January - 26.   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on January - 26.   

1742  On January - 26 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.   

1748  England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history.   

1748  On January - 26 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

1763  Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) 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 this day in history.   

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 26.   

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 this day in history.