What are the important events that happened on March 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 26 is the 85th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 13, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,742,947,200 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 ‘octacontapentagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 328 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 4,478 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 26 Historical Events
- 1484 –William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables.
- 1808 –Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
- 1839 –The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1881 –Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
- 1917 –World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1971 –East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1974 –Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
- 1979 –Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1982 –A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 2001 –World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
Who were born on March 26?
- 603 –Pacal II, Mayan ruler (d. 683)
- 1753 –Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
- 1859 –Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
- 1879 –Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
- 1942 –Erica Jong, American author
- 1948 –Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1968 –James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
- 1977 –Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1980 –Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1984 –David McGowan, English footballer
Who died on March 26?
- 1780 –Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
- 1910 –An Jung-geun, Korean general who fought for independence of Korea(executed) (b. 1879)
- 1920 –William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
- 1948 –Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
- 1957 –Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)
- 1973 –Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
- 2003 –Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)
- 2005 –Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
- 2006 –Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
- 2006 –Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
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