About August 26
August 26, 2023 is the 238th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 168 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 26
- 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.
- 1429 –Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1789 –The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
- 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 British Expeditionary Force fights a rear-guard action at the Battle of Le Cateau that briefly checks the German advance.
- 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.
- 1940 –Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France’s first black colonial governor.
- 1966 –The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
- 1970 –The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women’s Strike for Equality.
- 1977 –The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
- 1978 –Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
- 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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