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  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 January - 26.   

1531  Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on January - 26.   

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  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

1589  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

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

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

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

1689  Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on January - 26.   

1697  Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey   

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

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 January - 26.   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer on January - 26.   

1714  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor   

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

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher on this day in history.   

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

1722  On January - 26 prestonpans   

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

1742  Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1748  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer   

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  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

1714  On January - 26 birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.   

1630  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.