What are the important events that happened on August 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 26 is the 239th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 13, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,724,630,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 156 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,266 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 26 Historical Events
55 –
Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Great Britain.
1346 –
Hundred Years’ War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
1444 –
Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of ‘Armagnacs’near Basel.
1778 –
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1789 –
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1791 –
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
1813 –
War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
1977 –
The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
1978 –
Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31.
1997 –
Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
Who were born on August 26?
1904 –
Christopher Isherwood, English-born writer (d. 1986)
1933 –
Oscar Marzaroli, Scots-Italian photographer (d. 1988)
1934 –
Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator
1944 –
Maureen Tucker, American musician
1947 –
Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
1965 –
Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress
1974 –
Kelvin Cato, American basketball player
1974 –
Meredith Eaton, American actor
1975 –
Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player
1977 –
Simone Motta, Italian footballer
Who died on August 26?
1346 –
Killed in the Battle of Crécy: John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
1349 –
Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
1595 –
Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
1945 –
Franz Werfel, Austrian writer (b. 1890)
1978 –
Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
1978 –
José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
1979 –
Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
1992 –
Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected murderer (b. 1933)
2001 –
Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
2010 –
Raimon Panikkar, Catalan philosopher (b. 1918)
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