Deaths on January 26

Victor de Broglie (1785-1870)

Died on January 26, 1870

Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)

Achille Léonce Victor Charles, 3rd Duke of Broglie (French: [viktɔʁ də bʁɔj, - bʁœj]; 28 November 1785 – 25 January 1870), briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat. He was the third duke of Broglie and served as president of the Council during the July Monarchy, from August 1830 to November 1830 and from March 1835 to February 1836. Victor de Broglie was close to the liberal Doctrinaires who opposed the ultra-royalists and were absorbed, under Louis-Philippe's rule, by the Orléanists.

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15 Jan

Thomas Nast
A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
30 Mar

Reconstruction Era
Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
12 May

Royal Assent
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
18 Jul

Papal infallibility
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
19 Sep

Siege of Paris (1870-71)
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.

Deaths on January 26

Victor de Broglie (1785-1870)

Died on January 26, 1870

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Royal Assent

Papal infallibility

Siege of Paris (1870-71)