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| January 26th, 2008 (January 26 2008) | Death | Christian Brando, actor and son of Marlon Brando (b 1958) | Marlon Brando Quotes |
| January 26th, 2007 (January 26 2007) | Death | Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (born in 1914) | |
| January 26th, 2007 (January 26 2007) | Death | Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1929) | |
| January 26th, 2006 (January 26 2006) | Event | Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service. | |
| January 26th, 2006 (January 26 2006) | Death | Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (born in 1917) | |
| January 26th, 2006 (January 26 2006) | Death | Len Carlson, Canadian actor (born in 1937) | |
| January 26th, 2006 (January 26 2006) | Death | Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (born in 1920) | |
| January 26th, 2005 (January 26 2005) | Event | Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. | |
| January 26th, 2005 (January 26 2005) | Event | Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post. | Condoleezza Rice Quotes |
| January 26th, 2004 (January 26 2004) | Event | President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan. | Hamid Karzai Quotes |
| January 26th, 2004 (January 26 2004) | Event | A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing Sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion. | |
| January 26th, 2004 (January 26 2004) | Death | Fred Haas, American golfer (born in 1916) | |
| January 26th, 2003 (January 26 2003) | Death | Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (born in 1942) | |
| January 26th, 2003 (January 26 2003) | Death | Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (born in 1917) | |
| January 26th, 2003 (January 26 2003) | Death | George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (born in 1931) | |
| January 26th, 2001 (January 26 2001) | Event | An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths. | |
| January 26th, 2001 (January 26 2001) | Death | Al McGuire, American basketball coach (born in 1928) | Al McGuire Quotes |
| January 26th, 2000 (January 26 2000) | Death | Don Budge, American tennis player (born in 1915) | |
| January 26th, 2000 (January 26 2000) | Death | Kathleen Hale, British author (born in 1898) | |
| January 26th, 2000 (January 26 2000) | Death | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (born in 1912) | |
| January 26th, 1998 (January 26 1998) | Event | Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| January 26th, 1998 (January 26 1998) | Death | Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (born in 1898) | |
| January 26th, 1997 (January 26 1997) | Death | Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (born in 1904) | |
| January 26th, 1996 (January 26 1996) | Death | Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born in 1921) | |
| January 26th, 1996 (January 26 1996) | Death | Harold Brodkey, American author (born in 1930) | |
| January 26th, 1996 (January 26 1996) | Death | Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (born in 1932) | |
| January 26th, 1996 (January 26 1996) | Death | Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (born in 1963) | |
| January 26th, 1996 (January 26 1996) | Death | Dave Schultz, American wrestler (born in 1959) | |
| January 26th, 1993 (January 26 1993) | Birth | Cameron Bright, Canadian actor | |
| January 26th, 1993 (January 26 1993) | Death | Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (born in 1905) | |
| January 26th, 1993 (January 26 1993) | Death | Jeanne Sauve, Governor-General of Canada (born in 1922) | |
| January 26th, 1993 (January 26 1993) | Death | Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (born in 1912) | |
| January 26th, 1992 (January 26 1992) | Event | Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| January 26th, 1992 (January 26 1992) | Death | Jose Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (born in 1912) | |
| January 26th, 1991 (January 26 1991) | Event | Mohamed Siad Barre is removed in Somalia, ending centralized government | |
| January 26th, 1990 (January 26 1990) | Birth | Christopher Massey, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1990 (January 26 1990) | Death | Lewis Mumford, American historian (born in 1895) | Lewis Mumford Quotes |
| January 26th, 1990 (January 26 1990) | Death | Bob Gerard, British racing driver (born in 1914) | |
| January 26th, 1989 (January 26 1989) | Birth | Emily Hughes, American figure skater | |
| January 26th, 1988 (January 26 1988) | Event | Andrew Lloyd Webber s The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York. | |
| January 26th, 1988 (January 26 1988) | Birth | Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer | |
| January 26th, 1987 (January 26 1987) | Birth | Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (died in 2003) | |
| January 26th, 1986 (January 26 1986) | Birth | Gerald Green, American basketball player | |
| January 26th, 1986 (January 26 1986) | Birth | Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium) | |
| January 26th, 1986 (January 26 1986) | Birth | Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| January 26th, 1984 (January 26 1984) | Birth | Layla Kayleigh, British television personality | |
| January 26th, 1984 (January 26 1984) | Birth | Iain Turner, Scottish footballer | |
| January 26th, 1984 (January 26 1984) | Birth | Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer | |
| January 26th, 1983 (January 26 1983) | Death | Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (born in 1913) | |
| January 26th, 1981 (January 26 1981) | Birth | Juan Jose Haedo, Argentinian Cyclist | |
| January 26th, 1980 (January 26 1980) | Event | Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations. | |
| January 26th, 1979 (January 26 1979) | Birth | Sara Rue, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1979 (January 26 1979) | Death | Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (born in 1908) | |
| January 26th, 1978 (January 26 1978) | Birth | Esteban German, Dominican baseball player | |
| January 26th, 1978 (January 26 1978) | Birth | Corina Morariu, American tennis player | |
| January 26th, 1978 (January 26 1978) | Birth | Kelly Stables, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1977 (January 26 1977) | Birth | Vince Carter, American basketball player | |
| January 26th, 1977 (January 26 1977) | Birth | Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player | |
| January 26th, 1976 (January 26 1976) | Birth | Frankie Rayder, American model | |
| January 26th, 1976 (January 26 1976) | Birth | Willie Adler, American guitar player | |
| January 26th, 1976 (January 26 1976) | Death | Joao Branco Nuncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (born in 1901) | |
| January 26th, 1974 (January 26 1974) | Birth | Shannon Hale, American author | |
| January 26th, 1973 (January 26 1973) | Birth | Mayu Shinjo, Japanese mangaka | |
| January 26th, 1973 (January 26 1973) | Death | Edward G. Robinson, American actor (born in 1893) | |
| January 26th, 1973 (January 26 1973) | Death | Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (born in 1906) | |
| January 26th, 1971 (January 26 1971) | Birth | Bryan Callen, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1971 (January 26 1971) | Birth | Dorian Gregory, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1970 (January 26 1970) | Birth | Kirk Franklin, American singer | |
| January 26th, 1970 (January 26 1970) | Birth | Tracy Middendorf, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1968 (January 26 1968) | Birth | Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor | |
| January 26th, 1968 (January 26 1968) | Death | Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (born in 1883) | |
| January 26th, 1968 (January 26 1968) | Death | Yvor Winters, American poet (born in 1900) | Yvor Winters Quotes |
| January 26th, 1967 (January 26 1967) | Birth | Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer | |
| January 26th, 1966 (January 26 1966) | Event | The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. | |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Event | Hindi becomes the official language of India. | |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Birth | Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast | |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Birth | Thomas Ostros, Swedish politician | |
| January 26th, 1964 (January 26 1964) | Birth | Paul Johansson, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1963 (January 26 1963) | Birth | Jose Mourinho, Portuguese football manager | |
| January 26th, 1963 (January 26 1963) | Birth | Andrew Ridgeley, English musician | |
| January 26th, 1962 (January 26 1962) | Event | Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | |
| January 26th, 1962 (January 26 1962) | Birth | Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer | |
| January 26th, 1962 (January 26 1962) | Death | Lucky Luciano, American mobster (born in 1897) | |
| January 26th, 1961 (January 26 1961) | Event | John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| January 26th, 1961 (January 26 1961) | Birth | Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 26th, 1961 (January 26 1961) | Death | Stan Nichols, English cricketer (born in 1900) | |
| January 26th, 1960 (January 26 1960) | Birth | Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler | |
| January 26th, 1960 (January 26 1960) | Birth | Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| January 26th, 1958 (January 26 1958) | Event | Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed. | |
| January 26th, 1958 (January 26 1958) | Birth | Anita Baker, American singer | |
| January 26th, 1958 (January 26 1958) | Birth | Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian | Ellen DeGeneres Quotes |
| January 26th, 1958 (January 26 1958) | Birth | Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer | |
| January 26th, 1955 (January 26 1955) | Birth | Eddie Van Halen, Dutch musician | |
| January 26th, 1954 (January 26 1954) | Birth | Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer | |
| January 26th, 1953 (January 26 1953) | Birth | Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark | |
| January 26th, 1953 (January 26 1953) | Birth | Lucinda Williams, American singer | |
| January 26th, 1953 (January 26 1953) | Death | Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (born in 1882) | |
| January 26th, 1952 (January 26 1952) | Event | Black Saturday in Egypt: riots burn Cairo s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. | |
| January 26th, 1952 (January 26 1952) | Death | Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (born in 1895) | |
| January 26th, 1950 (January 26 1950) | Event | India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president Republic Day. | |
| January 26th, 1950 (January 26 1950) | Birth | Janet Lupo, American model | |
| January 26th, 1949 (January 26 1949) | Birth | Jonathan Carroll, American author | |
| January 26th, 1949 (January 26 1949) | Birth | David Strathairn, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1947 (January 26 1947) | Birth | Michel Sardou, French singer | |
| January 26th, 1947 (January 26 1947) | Birth | Patrick Dewaere, French actor (died in 1982) | |
| January 26th, 1947 (January 26 1947) | Death | Grace Moore, American soprano (born in 1898) | |
| January 26th, 1947 (January 26 1947) | Death | Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten, (born in 1906) | |
| January 26th, 1946 (January 26 1946) | Birth | Gene Siskel, American film critic (died in 1999) | |
| January 26th, 1946 (January 26 1946) | Death | Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (born in 1884) | |
| January 26th, 1945 (January 26 1945) | Birth | Jacqueline du Pre, English cellist (died in 1987) | |
| January 26th, 1944 (January 26 1944) | Birth | Angela Davis, American feminist and activist | |
| January 26th, 1943 (January 26 1943) | Birth | Cesar Gutierrez, Venezuelan baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| January 26th, 1943 (January 26 1943) | Birth | Jean Knight, American singer | |
| January 26th, 1943 (January 26 1943) | Birth | Austin "Jack" Warner,Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President | |
| January 26th, 1943 (January 26 1943) | Death | Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (born in 1880) | |
| January 26th, 1943 (January 26 1943) | Death | Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (born in 1887) | |
| January 26th, 1942 (January 26 1942) | Event | World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland. | |
| January 26th, 1942 (January 26 1942) | Birth | Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (died in 2001) | |
| January 26th, 1942 (January 26 1942) | Death | Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (born in 1868) | |
| January 26th, 1941 (January 26 1941) | Birth | Scott Glenn, American actor | |
| January 26th, 1941 (January 26 1941) | Birth | Henry Jaglom, English director | |
| January 26th, 1939 (January 26 1939) | Event | Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona. | |
| January 26th, 1937 (January 26 1937) | Birth | Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (died in 2003) | |
| January 26th, 1936 (January 26 1936) | Birth | Sal Buscema, American comic book artist | |
| January 26th, 1935 (January 26 1935) | Birth | Bob Uecker, American baseball player and broadcaster | |
| January 26th, 1934 (January 26 1934) | Event | The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. | |
| January 26th, 1934 (January 26 1934) | Event | German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed. | |
| January 26th, 1934 (January 26 1934) | Birth | Roger Landry, Quebec businessman and newspaper publisher | |
| January 26th, 1933 (January 26 1933) | Birth | Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist | |
| January 26th, 1933 (January 26 1933) | Death | Alva Belmont, American socialite (born in 1853) | |
| January 26th, 1932 (January 26 1932) | Birth | Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer | |
| January 26th, 1932 (January 26 1932) | Death | William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (born in 1861) | |
| January 26th, 1931 (January 26 1931) | Birth | Mary Murphy, American film actress | |
| January 26th, 1930 (January 26 1930) | Event | The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later. | |
| January 26th, 1929 (January 26 1929) | Birth | Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer | |
| January 26th, 1929 (January 26 1929) | Birth | Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (died in 2000) | |
| January 26th, 1928 (January 26 1928) | Birth | Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (died in 2000) | |
| January 26th, 1927 (January 26 1927) | Birth | Jose Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (died in 2005) | |
| January 26th, 1927 (January 26 1927) | Birth | Bob Nieman, American baseball player (died in 1985) | |
| January 26th, 1926 (January 26 1926) | Birth | Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar | |
| January 26th, 1926 (January 26 1926) | Death | John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University | Ambrose Quotes |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Joan Leslie, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner | Paul Newman Quotes |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (died in 2004) | |
| January 26th, 1924 (January 26 1924) | Birth | Rauf Denktas, Cypriot politician | |
| January 26th, 1924 (January 26 1924) | Birth | Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (died in 1998) | |
| January 26th, 1924 (January 26 1924) | Birth | Alice Babs, Swedish singer | |
| January 26th, 1923 (January 26 1923) | Birth | Anne Jeffreys, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1922 (January 26 1922) | Birth | Michael Bentine, British comedian (died in 1996) | |
| January 26th, 1921 (January 26 1921) | Birth | Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (died in 1999) | |
| January 26th, 1921 (January 26 1921) | Birth | Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (died in 2005) | |
| January 26th, 1920 (January 26 1920) | Event | Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer. | O. Henry Quotes |
| January 26th, 1918 (January 26 1918) | Birth | Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator (died in 1989) | |
| January 26th, 1918 (January 26 1918) | Birth | Philip Jose Farmer, American writer | |
| January 26th, 1915 (January 26 1915) | Birth | William Hopper, American actor (died in 1970) | |
| January 26th, 1914 (January 26 1914) | Birth | Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Durruhsehvar (died in 2006) | |
| January 26th, 1913 (January 26 1913) | Birth | Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (died in 1990) | |
| January 26th, 1911 (January 26 1911) | Event | Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane. | |
| January 26th, 1911 (January 26 1911) | Event | Richard Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. | Richard Strauss Quotes |
| January 26th, 1911 (January 26 1911) | Birth | Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1993) | |
| January 26th, 1911 (January 26 1911) | Birth | Norbert Schultze, German composer and songwriter (died in 2002) | |
| January 26th, 1910 (January 26 1910) | Birth | Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (died in 1989) | |
| January 26th, 1908 (January 26 1908) | Birth | Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (died in 1997) | |
| January 26th, 1908 (January 26 1908) | Birth | Jill Esmond, English actress (died in 1990) | |
| January 26th, 1907 (January 26 1907) | Event | The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the oldest military rifle still in official use. | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Event | The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine. | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Birth | Charles Lane, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Birth | Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (died in 1987) | |
| January 26th, 1904 (January 26 1904) | Birth | Ancel Keys, American scientist (died in 2004) | |
| January 26th, 1904 (January 26 1904) | Birth | Sean MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1988) | |
| January 26th, 1904 (January 26 1904) | Death | Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (born in 1846) | |
| January 26th, 1902 (January 26 1902) | Birth | Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (died in 1940) | |
| January 26th, 1901 (January 26 1901) | Birth | Stuart Symington, American politician (died in 1988) | |
| January 26th, 1900 (January 26 1900) | Birth | Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (died in 1967) | |
| January 26th, 1893 (January 26 1893) | Birth | Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (died in 1976) | |
| January 26th, 1893 (January 26 1893) | Death | Abner Doubleday, credited inventor of baseball (born in 1819) | |
| January 26th, 1892 (January 26 1892) | Birth | Zara Cully, American actress (died in 1978) | |
| January 26th, 1892 (January 26 1892) | Birth | Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (died in 1926) | |
| January 26th, 1891 (January 26 1891) | Birth | Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (died in 1973) | |
| January 26th, 1891 (January 26 1891) | Birth | Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (died in 1976) | |
| January 26th, 1891 (January 26 1891) | Death | Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (born in 1833) | |
| January 26th, 1887 (January 26 1887) | Birth | Francois Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (died in 1915) | |
| January 26th, 1887 (January 26 1887) | Birth | Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (died in 1947) | |
| January 26th, 1886 (January 26 1886) | Death | David Rice Atchison, American politician (born in 1807) | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Event | Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum. | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Death | Edward Davy, English inventor (born in 1806) | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Death | Charles George Gordon, British general (born in 1833) | |
| January 26th, 1880 (January 26 1880) | Birth | Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (died in 1964) | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
| January 26th, 1870 (January 26 1870) | Event | American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union. | |
| January 26th, 1870 (January 26 1870) | Death | Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (born in 1785) | |
| January 26th, 1869 (January 26 1869) | Death | Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1846) | |
| January 26th, 1868 (January 26 1868) | Birth | Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer (died in 1894) | |
| January 26th, 1863 (January 26 1863) | Event | American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker. | Ambrose Quotes |
| January 26th, 1863 (January 26 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent. | |
| January 26th, 1861 (January 26 1861) | Event | American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union. | |
| January 26th, 1857 (January 26 1857) | Birth | the 12th Dalai Lama (died in 1875) | |
| January 26th, 1856 (January 26 1856) | Event | First Battle of Seattle (1856). Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. | |
| January 26th, 1855 (January 26 1855) | Event | Point No Point Treaty signed in Washington Territory. | |
| January 26th, 1855 (January 26 1855) | Death | Gerard de Nerval, French writer (born in 1808) | |
| January 26th, 1852 (January 26 1852) | Birth | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazza), explorer (died in 1905) | |
| January 26th, 1842 (January 26 1842) | Birth | Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist (died in 1908) | |
| January 26th, 1841 (January 26 1841) | Event | The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally ceded. | |
| January 26th, 1838 (January 26 1838) | Event | Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States | |
| January 26th, 1837 (January 26 1837) | Event | Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. | |
| January 26th, 1832 (January 26 1832) | Birth | George Shiras Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice (died in 1924) | |
| January 26th, 1826 (January 26 1826) | Birth | Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (died in 1902) | |
| January 26th, 1824 (January 26 1824) | Death | Theodore Gericault, French painter (born in 1791) | |
| January 26th, 1823 (January 26 1823) | Death | Edward Jenner, English physician (born in 1749) | |
| January 26th, 1813 (January 26 1813) | Birth | Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (died in 1876 | |
| January 26th, 1808 (January 26 1808) | Event | Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. | |
| January 26th, 1799 (January 26 1799) | Death | Gabriel Christie, British general (born in 1722) | |
| January 26th, 1795 (January 26 1795) | Death | Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (born in 1732) | |
| January 26th, 1788 (January 26 1788) | Event | The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Sydney Harbour to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day | |
| January 26th, 1781 (January 26 1781) | Birth | Achim von Arnim, German poet (died in 1831) | |
| January 26th, 1763 (January 26 1763) | Birth | Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (died in 1844) | |
| January 26th, 1750 (January 26 1750) | Death | Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (born in 1686) | Philo Quotes |
| January 26th, 1744 (January 26 1744) | Death | Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhuller, Austrian field marshal (born in 1683) | |
| January 26th, 1736 (January 26 1736) | Event | Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. | |
| January 26th, 1722 (January 26 1722) | Birth | Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (died in 1805) | |
| January 26th, 1716 (January 26 1716) | Birth | George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (died in 1785) | |
| January 26th, 1714 (January 26 1714) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (died in 1785) | |
| January 26th, 1700 (January 26 1700) | Event | The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. | |
| January 26th, 1699 (January 26 1699) | Event | Treaty of Carlowitz signed. | |
| January 26th, 1697 (January 26 1697) | Death | Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (born in 1640) | |
| January 26th, 1636 (January 26 1636) | Death | Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (born in 1552) | |
| January 26th, 1630 (January 26 1630) | Death | Henry Briggs, English mathematician (born in 1556) | |
| January 26th, 1589 (January 26 1589) | Event | Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. | |
| January 26th, 1567 (January 26 1567) | Death | Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat | |
| January 26th, 1565 (January 26 1565) | Event | Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent. | |
| January 26th, 1564 (January 26 1564) | Event | The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. | |
| January 26th, 1541 (January 26 1541) | Birth | Florent Chrestien, French writer (died in 1596) | |
| January 26th, 1531 (January 26 1531) | Event | Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake--thousands die. | |
| January 26th, 1500 (January 26 1500) | Event | Vicente Yanez Pinzon becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. | |
| January 26th, 1497 (January 26 1497) | Birth | Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (died in 1557) | |
| January 26th, 1340 (January 26 1340) | Event | King Edward III of England is declared King of France. | |
| January 26th, 0946 (January 26 0946) | Death | Eadgyth, German Queen | |
