On this day in history: 26th January: 66 - 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halleys Comet 1340 - English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1482 - Pentateuch (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil. 1531 - Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1589 - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. 1654 - Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1666 - France declares war on England & Munster 1689 - Jean Racines Esther premieres in Saint-Cyr 1697 - Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoullis 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1699 - Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Carlowitz with Ottoman Empire 1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. 1736 - Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne. 1748 - Britain, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty 1788 - Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the Union Flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day 1797 - Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty 1808 - Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. 1841 - Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 1882 - France government of Gambetta falls 1885 - Muhammad Ahmed (Mahdi) rebels conquer Khartoum 1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians 1897 - Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupes army 1905 - Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea 1905 - Worlds largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa 1907 - The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the oldest military rifle still in official use. 1907 - In Austria, universal and direct suffrage (limited to males over 24) is introduced, a reform long demanded by the socialists and others 1910 - Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1914 - 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1914 - Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlincks works in their index 1920 - Amadeo Modiglianis mistress jumps out of a window 1926 - 1st public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird in his laboratory in London 1929 - Indian National Congress proclaims goal for Indias independence 1931 - Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty 1932 - British submarine M-2 sinks in English Channel (60 dead) 1934 - Nazi Germany & Poland sign 10-year non-aggression treaty 1939 - Filming begins on Gone With the Wind 1939 - Franco conquers Barcelona 1940 - Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains 1942 - 1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1942 - Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 1945 - Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp 1947 - KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1952 - At least 20 people have been killed and 100s injured during riots in Cairo against the British 1954 - Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
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