Historical Events In January - 26

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

0946  On this day in history eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1340  On January - 26 english king Edward III proclaimed king of France   

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  On January - 26 the Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.   

1567  Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

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  On January - 26 johann Jakob Wolleb, composer   

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

1666  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

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

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

1700  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1722  Prestonpans on this day in history.   

1736  Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne on January - 26.   

1742  On this day in history johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

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

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

1748  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

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 January - 26 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

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 January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)