Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 26, 66 |
5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
Jan 26, 1340 |
English king Edward III proclaimed king of France |
Jan 26, 1482 |
"Pentateuch" (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bolongna, Italy |
Jan 26, 1500 |
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil. |
Jan 26, 1531 |
Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die |
Jan 26, 1564 |
The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. |
Jan 26, 1589 |
Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. |
Jan 26, 1654 |
Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife |
Jan 26, 1666 |
France declares war on England & Munster |
Jan 26, 1689 |
Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr |
Jan 26, 1697 |
Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night |
Jan 26, 1699 |
Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Carlowitz with Ottoman Empire |
Jan 26, 1700 |
The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. |
Jan 26, 1736 |
Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne. |
Jan 26, 1748 |
Britain, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty |
Jan 26, 1784 |
Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol |
Jan 26, 1788 |
Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the English flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day |
Jan 26, 1789 |
John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) |
Jan 26, 1790 |
Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna |
Jan 26, 1797 |
Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty |
Jan 26, 1802 |
Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library |
Jan 26, 1808 |
Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. |
Jan 26, 1833 |
Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan |
Jan 26, 1837 |
Michigan admitted as 26th US state |
Jan 26, 1838 |
Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States |
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Sherri Turner
Golfer
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Agustin De Iturbide
1st Emperor of Mexico
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