March 26 in History

Historical Events on March 26

590

Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
908

Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
1027

Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1169

Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
1344

The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1351

Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1484

William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552

Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
1636

Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1812

An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
1812

A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
1830

The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1839

The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1871

The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
1885

The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
1913

Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1915

The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
1917

World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1922

The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1931

Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
1931

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
1934

The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1942

World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
1945

World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1954

Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
1958

The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958

The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1967

Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
1970

South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
1971

East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1975

The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1979

Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
1981

Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
1982

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
1991

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1997

Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
1998

During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
2005

Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China.
2010

The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
2017

Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

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