26 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 26, the day number in a year is 238 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 239. August 26 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 26 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1071 | Byzantine–Seljuq Wars-Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslancaptured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert. |
| 1303 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorgarh. |
| 1346 | Hundred Years' War-English forces established the militarysupremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbowand armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy. |
| 1676 | The first Prime Minister of Britain, Robert Walpole, was born. |
| 1743 | The famous French chemist Anthony Levaizier was born. He is called the father of modern chemistry. He discovered oxygen. |
| 1748 | The first Lutheran denomination in North America, thePennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 1748 | The First Lutheran Sect of North America, Pennsylvania Minister, was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 1767 | The construction of the Tynes Palace began in New Bern, North Carolina. |
| 1768 | HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook. |
| 1789 | French Revolution-The Declaration of the Rights of Man and ofthe Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of thepeople, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly. |
| 1810 | Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of Santiago deLiniers, during the Argentine War of Independence. |
| 1883 | The largest explosion in human history took place when aneruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa. |
| 1883 | A massive eruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa,ejecting so much ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year. |
| 1894 | Netherlands Social Democratic Workers Party SDAP) was established. |
| 1910 | Nobel Peace Prize-awarded Mother Teresa was born in Skopji, Yugoslavia. |
| 1920 | After the 19th Constitutional Amendment, women got the right to vote. |
| 1920 | The Nineteenth Parliament of the United States Constitution passed the guarantee of women's suffrage. |
| 1928 | At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, May Donoghue found the remainsof a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, causing her to launch one ofthe landmark civil action cases in British common law, Donoghue vStevenson. |
| 1928 | Om Prakash Munjal, an Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Hero Cycles, was born. |
| 1929 | America manufactured the first roller coaster. |
| 1945 | It has been disclose that more than 25,000 mice were utilized in the Manhattan project to see if radiation would have any ill effects on the workers in Atomic Bomb Plants. |
| 1966 | The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the Namibian War of Independence. |
| 1968 | The US Democratic Party's National Convention began at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti–Vietnam War protesters and police. |
| 1970 | Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organizedthe Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 womenprotested the continuing lack of gender equality. |
| 1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, a freedom fighter, journalist and Padma Bhushan, died. |
| 1977 | The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the onlyofficial language of Quebec. |
| 1982 | NASA launches Telesat-F. |
| 1994 | Battery was used for the first time to drive human heart. |
| 1999 | Michael Johnson set a world record in the 400 meter race. |
| 2002 | 60,000 delegates and politicians from 174 countries around the world have come together for the latest Earth Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
| 2004 | The US Census Bureau has disclosed new figures that put the amount of poor people in the US at 35.9 million, which is an increase of more than 1 million. |
| 2006 | NASA postpones the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-115) for 24 hours due to Lightning striking the space shuttle launch pad on Friday, even though there was no damage done. |
| 2007 | Greece announced a state of emergency because of multiple forest fires, over 200, kept on causing havoc in different parts of the country. By the time the fires were tamed in September 2007, 84 people had died. Many of the fires were thought to be incendiary. |
| 2008 | Russia identifies the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. |
| 2008 | More than a week after a ceasefire was reached in the South Ossetia war, Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhaziaand South Ossetia. |
| 2010 | German HIV-positive pop singer Nadja Benaissa is convicted of grievous bodily harm after transmitting HIV to a man who had unprotected sex with her, without her letting him know of her condition. |
| 2011 | Scientists at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne reveal their discovery of J1719-143, a planet made entirely of diamond orbiting a pulsar – this is the second time such a planetary mass has been found. |
| 2012 | An upsurge of Legionellosis disease in Quebec City, Canada, kills 8 people and infects 104. |
| 2012 | Hindi film actor AK Hangal passed away. |
| 2012 | The Sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit began in Tehran, Iran. |
| 2013 | All 25,000 applicants that applied to the University of Liberia fail their entrance exams. |
Famous Birthdays of August 26:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1976 | Amaia Montero / Singer / Spain |
| 1891 | Acharya Chatursen Shastri / Writer / India |
| 1927 | Bansi Lal / Politician / India |
| 1949 | Leon Redbone / Writer / United States of America |
| 1926 | Anahit Tsitsikian / Violinist / Armenia |
| 1975 | Morgan Ensberg / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1955 | Giuseppe Resnati / Chemist / Italy |
| 1982 | John Mulaney / Actor / United States of America |
| 1986 | Colin Kazim-Richards / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1963 | David Byas / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1910 | Mother Teresa / Missionary / India |
| 1977 | Simone Motta / Footballer / Italy |
| 1915 | Humphrey Searle / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 1904 | Joe Hulme / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1914 | Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca / Poet / Turkey |
| 1676 | Robert Walpole / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1925 | Pyotr Todorovsky / Writer / Russia |
| 1961 | Daniel Lévi / Singer / France |
| 1966 | René Higuita / Footballer / Colombia |
| 1979 | Jamal Lewis / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1949 | Allahshukur Pashazadeh / Cleric / Azerbaijan |
| 1931 | Kálmán Markovits / Water Polo Player / Hungary |
| 1875 | John Buchan / Politician / Scotland |
| 1944 | Judith Rees / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Mattia Cassani / Footballer / Italy |
| 1939 | Jorge Paulo Lemann / Banker / Brazil |
| 1914 | Julio Cortázar / Author / Argentina |
| 1988 | Wayne Simmonds / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1955 | Ian Dejardin / Historian / United Kingdom |
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