January 26th, 1700

Born on January 26th, 1700

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 26th, 1700?

January 26th, 1700

An earthquake with a moment magnitude of around 9.0 occurred off the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records of tsunamis.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake

What else happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 2015

A jet fighter crashed at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.

January 26th, 1934

Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers.

January 26th, 1885

Mahdist War: The siege of Khartoum ended as Mahdist forces defeated the Egyptian garrison and captured the city.

January 26th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph, was assassinated (depicted) by Ibn Muljim, leading to the end of the caliphate.

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1926

Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) appeared on television in inventor John Logie Baird's first successful demonstration of using the technology to show humans.

January 26th, 2020

A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine people on board, including former basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 20,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 26th

Same year
Born in 1700

82

Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel

66

Johann Christoph Gottsched

German philosopher (1700–1766)

*February 2nd, 1700, Königsberg †December 12th, 1766, Leipzig

58

Conrad von Mannlich

German painter (1700-1758)

*May 17th, 1700, Augsburg †September 13th, 1758, Zweibrücken

81

Christian Ernst Simonetti

German theologian

*October 30th, 1700, Berlin †January 20th, 1782, Frankfurt (Oder)

60

Clemens August of Bavaria

Catholic archbishop

*August 17th, 1700, Brussels metropolitan area †February 6th, 1761, Kurfürstliche Residenz in Ehrenbreitstein

55

Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes

French noble (1700-1755)

*March 4th, 1700, Versailles †October 1st, 1755, Fontainebleau

42

Peter Faneuil

Wealthy American colonial merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist

*June 20th, 1700, New Rochelle †March 3rd, 1743, Boston

59

Nicolaus Zinzendorf

German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church

*May 26th, 1700, Dresden †May 4th, 1760, Herrnhut

72

Luigi Vanvitelli

Italian architect (1700-1773)

*May 12th, 1700, Naples †March 1st, 1773, Caserta

63

Peter Joseph Kofler

Austrian politician (1700-1764), Mayor of Vienna

*July 29th, 1700, Ruffré-Mendola †May 26th, 1764, Vienna

60

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans

Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Francesco III d'Este (1700-1761)

*October 22nd, 1700, Paris †January 19th, 1761, Luxembourg Palace

72

Stanisław Konarski

Polish poet, dramatist (1700-1773)

*September 30th, 1700, Żarczyce Duże †August 3rd, 1773, Warsaw

61

Christoph Wolle

German theologian

*January 24th, 1700, Leipzig †July 6th, 1761, Leipzig

77

Charles-Joseph Natoire

French painter (1700-1777)

*March 3rd, 1700, Nîmes †August 23rd, 1777, Castel Gandolfo

60

Charles, Count of Charolais

French noble

*June 19th, 1700, Chantilly †July 23rd, 1760, Paris

87

Mary Delany

English Bluestocking, artist, and letter-writer (1700-1788)

*May 14th, 1700, Wiltshire †April 15th, 1788, Windsor

63

Heinrich von Brühl

German statesman and art collector at the court of Saxony (1700-1763)

*August 13th, 1700, Gangloffsömmern †October 28th, 1763, Dresden

87

Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental

French diplomat (1700-1788)

*December 20th, 1700, Paris †January 5th, 1788, Paris

50

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince (1700-1751)

*December 25th, 1700, Dessau †December 16th, 1751, Dessau

63

Nathaniel Bliss

English astronomer (1700-1764)

*November 28th, 1700, Bisley †September 2nd, 1764, Oxford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1700 is a normal year and no leap year.

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