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On This Day: January 26th

A look back at history on this date

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What Happened on January 26 in History

1808

The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.

1788

The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.

1765

A British naval expedition arrives at and names Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands, founding a settlement there eight days later. (Arrival was 15 January 1765 O.S.)

1700

The 8.7-9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.

1699

For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.

1641

Reapers' War: Battle of Montjuïc, decisive victory of the Catalan army (with French support) over the Spanish army.

1564

The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.

1564

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.

1531

The 6.4-7.1 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.

661

The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.

Born on This Day

Lady Zhen

wife of Cao Pi (died 221)

Born 183

Florent Chrestien

French poet and translator (died 1596)

Born 1541

Jakob Ebert

German theologian (died 1614)

Born 1549

Giovanni Lanfranco

Italian painter (died 1647)

Born 1582

William Wake

Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1737)

Born 1657

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

French sculptor and educator (died 1785)

Born 1714

Claude Adrien Helvétius

French philosopher (died 1771)

Born 1715

George Germain

1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1785)

Born 1716

Died on This Day

John of Dailam

Syrian monk and saint (born 660)

738

Adolph IX

Count of Holstein-Kiel (born c. 1327)

1390

Nicholas Wotton

English courtier and diplomat (born 1497)

1567

Amar Singh I

ruler of Mewar (born 1559)

1620

Henry Briggs

English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)

1630
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