Editing January 26 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1699]] &ndash; For the first time, the [[Ottoman Empire]] permanently [[Treaty of Karlowitz|cedes territory]] to the Christian powers.<ref name="Ágoston">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Gábor |last=Ágoston |title=Treaty of Karlowitz |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA309 |pages=309–10 |isbn=978-0816-06259-1}}<!-- ISBN refers to 2008 edition; Google Books dates their copy as 2010. --></ref>
*[[1700]] &ndash; The 8.7–9.2 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1700 Cascadia earthquake|Cascadia earthquake]] takes place off the west coast of [[North America]], as evidenced by Japanese records.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Atwater, Brian F. |title=The orphan tsunami of 1700—Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America |author2=Musumi-Rokkaku, Satoko |author3=Satake, Kenji |author4=Tsuji, Yoshinobu |author5=Ueda, Kazue |author6=Yamaguchi, David K. |date=2015 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |edition=Second |series=Professional Paper |page=146, Japanese |doi=10.3133/pp1707 |bibcode=2015orts.book.....A |hdl=2027/osu.32435085226595 |url=http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |orig-year=2005 |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914153500/https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1765]] &ndash; 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 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkesworth |first1=John |last2=Banks |first2=Joseph |title=An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Vol. 1 |location=London |publisher=W. Strahan and T. Cadell |date=1773 |oclc=66168420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttReAAAAcAAJ |pages=46–47 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Allardyce |first=William Lamond |title=The Story of the Falkland Islands: Being an Account of Their Discovery and Early History, 1500-1842 |location=Falkland Islands |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1909 |oclc=9669488 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiBPAQAAMAAJ |page=18 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Cawley |first=Charles |title=Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |date=2015 |isbn=9781443878111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXnWCgAAQBAJ |page=187}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; The British [[First Fleet]], led by [[Arthur Phillip]], sails into [[Port Jackson|Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)]] to establish [[Sydney]], the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as [[Australia Day]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212130/http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |archive-date=28 May 2016 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |title=What does Australia Day mean? |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; The [[Rum Rebellion]] is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion |title=Rum Rebellion {{!}} Australian history|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411043454/https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Michigan]] is admitted as the 26th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Today in History: January 26 |url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |website=loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2016-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611081338/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Gordon Bremer]] takes formal possession of [[Hong Kong Island]] at what is now [[Possession Point]], establishing [[British Hong Kong]].<ref name=lubbock>[http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm Base closure to end Royal Navy's Far East presence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210104/http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}, [[Associated Press]], 4 November 1997</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Point No Point Treaty]] is signed in [[Washington Territory]].<ref name=historylink>{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |title=Treaty of Point No Point, 1855 |date=15 January 2004 |website=HistoryLink.org |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223627/https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; First [[Battle of Seattle (1856)|Battle of Seattle]]: Marines from the {{USS|Decatur|1839|6}} drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers.<ref name=Crowley-Wilma>[[Walt Crowley]] and David Wilma, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 Native Americans attack Seattle on January 26, 1856] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025054701/http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 |date=October 25, 2007 }}, HistoryLink.org, February 15, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2006.</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The state of [[Louisiana]] [[Louisiana secession|secedes from the Union]].<ref>The text of [http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm Louisiana's Ordinance of Secession] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012190935/http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm |date=October 12, 2007 }}.</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: General [[Ambrose Burnside]] is relieved of command of the [[Army of the Potomac]] after the disastrous [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg campaign]]. He is replaced by [[Joseph Hooker]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ambrose Burnside |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910090745/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; American Civil War: [[Governor of Massachusetts]] [[John Albion Andrew]] receives permission from the [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] to raise a [[militia]] organization for men of African descent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Emilio |first=Luis Fenollosa |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffiftyfo00emil |title=History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863–1865 (2nd Edition, Revised and Correct, with Appendix upon Treatment of Colored Prisoners of War) |publisher=The Boston Book Company |year=1891 |location=Boston, MA |pages=2 |author-link=Luis F. Emilio}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]]: [[Virginia]] is [[History of Virginia#Reconstruction|readmitted to the Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Library of Virginia : Civil War Research Guide – Reconstruction |url=https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |website=lva.virginia.gov |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212204732/https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Troops loyal to [[Muhammad Ahmad|The Mahdi]] conquer [[Siege of Khartoum|Khartoum]], killing the Governor-General [[Charles George Gordon]].<ref name="about1">{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |publisher=About education |date=18 March 2015 |url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-date=2016-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704102704/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>