January
26
Australia
Australia Day, date of the founding of Sydney,
the first European settlement in Australia,
1788
Republic Day of India
January
26 : International Customs Day
International
Customs Day is celebrated on 26th January
every year all over the world. This being
the Republic Day of India, it is celebrated
in India on either the previous or next working
day.
Republic
Day (India)
Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
Liberation Day (Uganda)
Events
January 26
1531 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands
die.
1565 – 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.
1700 – The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake
takes place off the west coast of the North
America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur
Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)
to establish Sydney, the first permanent European
settlement on the continent. Commemorated
as Australia Day
1841 – The United Kingdom formally occupies
Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
1924 – Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed
Leningrad.
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares
26 January as Independence Day or as the day
for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence)
which occurred 20 years later.
1950 – The Constitution of India comes into
force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad
is sworn in as its first President of India.
Observed as Republic Day in India.
1965 – Hindi becomes the official language
of India.
2001 – An earthquake hits Gujarat, India,
causing more than 20,000 deaths.
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