Page 2: Historical Events In January - 26

1770  On this day in history alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly   

1771  Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname) on this day in history.   

1778  On January - 26 ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

1781  On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer   

1784  Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol   

1786  On this day in history benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times)   

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  On this day in history john Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)   

1790  Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1795  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 on January - 26.   

1797  On this day in history russia, Prussia &Austria sign treaty   

1797  On this day in history russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty   

1798  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1802  On January - 26 congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library   

1802  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 on January - 26.   

1803  On this day in history georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72   

1808  Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia on January - 26.   

1813  On this day in history juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876   

1814  On this day in history rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876   

1816  Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on January - 26.   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26] on January - 26.   

1824  Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on this day in history.   

1826  Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76) on this day in history.   

1828  On January - 26 johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer   

1831  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1837  On January - 26 michigan admitted as 26th US state   

1838  On January - 26 tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol   

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

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

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.   

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

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)