What are the important events that happened on October 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 26 is the 299^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 13, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,288 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 ‘dihectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 114 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 4,692 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 26 Historical Events

• 1597 –
  Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
• 1640 –
  The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
• 1813 –
  War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
• 1825 –
  The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
• 1860 –
  Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
• 1912 –
  First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
• 1985 –
  The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
• 1992 –
  The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
• 1992 –
  The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
• 1995 –
  Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.

Who were born on October 26?

• 1874 –
  Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1906 –
  Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
• 1916 –
  Boyd Wagner, First USAAF fighter ace of World War II (d. 1942)
• 1919 –
  Edward Brooke, American politician
• 1946 –
  Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
• 1957 –
  Bob Golic, American football player
• 1963 –
  Natalie Merchant, American singer
• 1967 –
  Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
• 1973 –
  Seth MacFarlane, American animator
• 1973 –
  Taka Michinoku, Japanese professional wrestler

Who died on October 26?

• 1717 –
  Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)
• 1947 –
  Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
• 1952 –
  Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)
• 1979 –
  Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (b. 1917)
• 1989 –
  Charles J. Pedersen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
• 1994 –
  Wilbert Harrison, American singer (b. 1929)
• 2002 –
  Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (b. 1979)
• 2004 –
  Bobby Avila, Mexican-American Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2007 –
  Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
• 2010 –
  Mbah Maridjan, Mount Merapi gatekeeper (b. 1927)