About August 26
August 26, 2024 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.
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Virgo is the sun 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.
What Happened On August 26
- 55 –Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Great Britain.
- 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.
- 1303 –Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
- 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.
- 1466 –A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered.
- 1748 –The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1768 –Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
- 1778 –The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
- 1791 –John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
- 1814 –Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
- 1818 –Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
- 1914 –World War I: the German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
- 1920 –The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
- 1942 –Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
- 1966 –The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
- 1978 –Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31.
- 1980 –John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, US.
- 1997 –Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
- 2002 –Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2011 –The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
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