Historical Events In January - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1770 On January - 26 alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly
1771 Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname) on January - 26.
1778 On this day in history ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)
1781 On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer
1784 On January - 26 ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
1784 On this day in history ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) on January - 26.
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony on this day in history.
1788 The first English convicts arrive in Australia on this day in history.
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 January - 26.
1789 John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) on this day in history.
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 On January - 26 russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty
1797 On this day in history russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
1798 On this day in history christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library on January - 26.
1802 On this day in history 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
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 Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876 on this day in history.
1814 Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1819 On this day in history abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26]
1824 Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on January - 26.
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 this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
1833 Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan on January - 26.
1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state on this day in history.
1838 Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on January - 26.
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