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01/26/0066
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5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Type: Event
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01/26/1109
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Albericus of CŒteaux, French saint, dies
Type: Death
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01/26/1340
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English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
Type: Event
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01/26/1531
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Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
Type: Event
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01/26/1613
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Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1654
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Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
Type: Event
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01/26/1666
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France declares war on England and Munster
Type: Event
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01/26/1667
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Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
Type: Birth
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01/26/1689
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Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
Type: Event
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01/26/1697
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Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
Type: Event
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01/26/1699
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Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
Type: Event
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01/26/1706
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Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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01/26/1708
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William Hayes, composer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1714
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Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1715
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Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher
Type: Birth
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01/26/1716
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George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Type: Birth
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01/26/1722
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Prestonpans
Type: Birth
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01/26/1736
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Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
Type: Event
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01/26/1742
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1748
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England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
Type: Event
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01/26/1748
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Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1763
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Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway (1818-44)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1770
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Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly
Type: Birth
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01/26/1771
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Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1778
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Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1781
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Achim v Arnim, writer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1781
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Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1784
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Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
Type: Event
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01/26/1786
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Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1788
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Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
Type: Event
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01/26/1789
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John Odell signs contract for œ336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
Type: Event
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01/26/1790
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Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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01/26/1795
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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/26/1797
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Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty
Type: Event
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01/26/1798
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Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
Type: Death
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01/26/1802
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Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
Type: Event
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01/26/1803
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Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/26/1814
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Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
Type: Birth
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01/26/1816
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Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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01/26/1819
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Abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26]
Type: Birth
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01/26/1824
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Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
Type: Death
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01/26/1824
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Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies
Type: Death
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01/26/1826
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Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1828
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Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer
Type: Birth
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01/26/1831
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Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates)
Type: Birth
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01/26/1833
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Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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01/26/1837
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Michigan admitted as 26th US state
Type: Event
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01/26/1838
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Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
Type: Event
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01/26/1841
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Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
Type: Event
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01/26/1849
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45
Type: Death
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