26 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 26, the day number in a year is 85 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 86. March 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.
March 26 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 590 | Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as hisco-emperor. |
| 1169 | Saladin was inaugurated as Emir of Egypt. |
| 1344 | Reconquista: The Muslim city of Algeciras surrendered after a 21-month siege and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile. |
| 1351 | War of the Breton Succession-Thirty knights each from France and England fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany,which later was celebrated as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry. |
| 1484 | William Caxton printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables. |
| 1552 | Guru Amardas became the third Guru of the Sikhs. |
| 1770 | English explorer Captain James Cook and HMS Endeavor his crew completed the circumnavigation of New Zealand. |
| 1780 | British newspapers Brit Gadget and Sunday Monitor were first published on Sunday. |
| 1812 | The Boston Gazette printed a political cartoon coining the term'gerrymander', named after Governor Elbridge Gerry's approval oflegislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts designed tohelp incumbents win reelection. |
| 1812 | A massive earthquake in Venezuela's largest city of Caracas destroyed 90 percent of the city and killed about 20,000 people. |
| 1830 | The Book of Mormon, the defining sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, was first published. |
| 1830 | The Book of Mormon, Palmara, was published in New York. |
| 1845 | Adhesive medicated plaster granted patent. |
| 1885 | Feeling that Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, the Métis people, led by Louis Riel, began the North-West Rebellion. |
| 1904 | 80,000 protesters protested against the import of Chinese workers into Hyde Park, London. |
| 1907 | Famous Hindi poetess Mahadevi Varma was born in Farukhabad. |
| 1913 | First Balkan War-After a five-month siege, the Bulgarian Second Army captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople. |
| 1917 | First World War-Attempting to advance into Palestine, British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza. |
| 1943 | Elsie S. Ott received the US Air Force Medal and became the first woman to receive this medal. |
| 1953 | Jonas Salk announces the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children. |
| 1953 | Dr. Jonas Salk announced new vaccines to protect against polio. |
| 1971 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan as Bangladesh as an independent country. Bangladesh celebrates Independence Day on 26 March. |
| 1973 | The first episode of The Young and the Restless was broadcast,eventually becoming the most watched daytime drama on American Television from 1988 onwards. |
| 1973 | The women were recruited for the first time, breaking the 200-year-old history on the London Stock Exchange. |
| 1974 | A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand,India, used their bodies to surround trees in order to prevent logger from feeling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement. |
| 1978 | Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protesters destroyed much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails. |
| 1979 | By signing the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Egypt became the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel. |
| 1979 | Israel and Egypt join hands on peace deal for 30-year-long ceasefire. This agreement was made by the US. |
| 1983 | The US conducted a nuclear test in Nawada. |
| 1992 | Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on rape charges. |
| 1995 | ‘Defending the Caveman’ opens at Helen Hayes Theatre New York City with 671 performances. |
| 1997 | Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide. |
| 1999 | Jack Kevorkian, an American advocate for and practitioner of physician-assisted suicide, was found guilty of murder in the death of a terminally ill patient. |
| 2000 | Bill Crystal hosted the 72nd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony. American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank wins lead acting awards. |
| 2000 | Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia. |
| 2006 | Smoking is banned in bars and restaurants of Scotland. |
| 2006 | The 18th Commonwealth Games kick off in Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2010 | Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel’s plans to build in East Jerusalem. |
| 2011 | Tokyo reports that levels of radiation in its water supply have returned to normal. |
| 2011 | Hundreds of thousands march in Trafalgar Square to protest government budget cuts in London. |
| 2012 | Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia’s new Premier of Queensland by following a landslide victory. |
| 2013 | David Miliband announces plans to resign as Britain Foreign Secretary and move to U.S state of New York to head the International Rescue Committee. |
| 2014 | Beijing issues air pollution warnings advising limited outdoor activity as particular concentration (PM 2.5) measures 309 over 12 times the World Health Organisation standard. |
| 2014 | A second dwarf planet is discovered between the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt which is an area previously considered as a no man’s land. The planet 2012 VP-113, measures about 280 miles across the first Sedna about 600 miles across, was discovered in 2003. |
| 2014 | Tavi Roivas became the Prime Minister of Estonia. |
Famous Birthdays of March 26:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1940 | Nancy Pelosi / Politician / United States of America |
| 1957 | Fiona Bruce / Politician / Scotland |
| 1940 | Nancy Pelosi / Politician / United States of America |
| 1964 | Martin Donnelly / Racing Car Driver / Ireland |
| 1954 | Dorothy Porter / Poet / Australia |
| 1960 | Jennifer Grey / Actress / United States of America |
| 1898 | Charles Shadwell / Conductor / United Kingdom |
| 1969 | Alessandro Moscardi / Rugby Player / Italy |
| 1966 | Nick Wirth / Engineer / United Kingdom |
| 1953 | Elaine Chao / Politician / Taiwan |
| 1950 | Teddy Pendergrass / Writer / United States of America |
| 1971 | Behzad Ghorbani / Zoologist / Iran |
| 1938 | Norman Ackroyd / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 1933 | Acharya Kuber Nath Rai / Writer / India |
| 1984 | Marco Stier / Footballer / Germany |
| 1985 | Prosper Utseya / Cricketer / Zimbabwe |
| 1948 | Steven Tyler / Actor / United States of America |
| 1904 | Xenophon Zolotas / Politician / Greece |
| 1875 | Syngman Rhee / Politician / South Korea |
| 1981 | Baruch Dego / Footballer / Israel |
| 1949 | Vicki Lawrence / Actress / United States of America |
| 1943 | Mustafa Kalemli / Politician / Turkey |
| 1974 | Michael Peca / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1906 | Rafael Méndez / Composer / Mexico |
| 1925 | Vesta Roy / Politician / United States of America |
| 1852 | Élémir Bourges / Author / France |
| 1856 | William Massey / Politician / New Zealand |
| 1937 | Wayne Embry / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1981 | Massimo Donati / Footballer / Italy |
| 1949 | Ernest Lee Thomas / Actor / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 26 मार्च की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं