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 238th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 13, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,824 hours 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 ‘dihectatriacontaoctagon’ day.
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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 175 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 4,631 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 26 Historical Events
- 1071 –Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
- 1278 –Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
- 1810 –The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
- 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).
- 1818 –Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
- 1821 –The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is oficially opened.
- 1914 –World War I: the German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
- 1944 –World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
- 1966 –The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
- 1997 –Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
Who were born on August 26?
- 1854 –Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)
- 1896 –Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
- 1909 –Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
- 1909 –Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1959 –Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach
- 1966 –Avner Ben-Gal, Israeli artist and painter
- 1966 –Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
- 1968 –Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
- 1977 –Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyū
- 1980 –Macaulay Culkin, American actor
Who died on August 26?
- 1346 –Killed in the Battle of Crécy: John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
- 1349 –Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1551 –Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
- 1595 –Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
- 1910 –William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
- 1921 –Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian politician (b. 1848)
- 1974 –Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
- 1980 –Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
- 1992 –Bob de Moor, Belgian comics artist (b. 1925)
- 2000 –Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (b. 1939)
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