January 26
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Art and culture
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
Births
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1921 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1932 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1947 - Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
Deaths
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
Notes
- 2000 - [[Daniele Luttazzi
- 2000 - [[Eduard Fuchs
- 2000 - [[Frédérick Lemaître
- 2000 - [[Amédée de Noé
- 2000 - [[Mikel Rouse
- 2000 - [[Karen Young (American singer)
- 2000 - [[Raymond Williams
- 2000 - [[Lady Caroline Lamb
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