Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 26
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This is a list of selected January 26 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.January 26: Australia Day in Australia (1788); Republic Day in India (1950)
- 1500 – Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistador Vicente Yáñez Pinzón reached the north coast of what today is Brazil.
- 1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Captain Arthur Phillip (pictured), landed at Sydney Cove, establishing the first permanent European settlement in Australia.
- 1905 – The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa.
- 1950 – Indian independence movement: India officially became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as its first president.
- 1983 – The spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3, the IBM Personal Computer's first "killer application", was first released.
More events: January 25 – January 26 – January 27
