What happened this day in history August 26

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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