August 26
The August 26 is the 238th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 239th in leap years), thus 127 days remain until the end of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 55 BC: Julius Caesar leads his first campaign in Britain.
Economy
Science and Technology
Culture
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
Antonie of Lorraine (* 1568)
Frederick V of the Palatinate (* 1596)
Robert Walpole (* 1676 )
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (* 1743)
Manuel Oribe (* 1792)
19th century
Albert of Saxe- Coburg -Gotha (* 1819)
Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (* 1826)
Ruth Roland (* 1892)
Peggy Guggenheim (* 1898)
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0887: Koko, 58th Emperor of Japan
- 1278: King Otakar II of Bohemia, Duke of Austria
- 1346: John of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and hereditary King of Poland
- 1346: Charles of Valois, Count of Alençon
- 1346: Louis I, Count of Flanders
- 1486: Ernst of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Meissen
- 1500: Count Philip I, the younger, of Hanau- coins Berg, Count of Hanau- Münzenberger
- 1595: Antonio of Crato, King of Portugal
- 1638: Sebastian Abesser, German theologian
- 1687: Johann Christoph Freiherr Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden, dean of Duke Provost Ellwangen
- 1706: Michael Willmann, German Baroque painter
- 1712: Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist at Ulm Münster and German composer
- 1728: Anne Marie d' Orléans, Queen of Sicily and Sardinia
- 1785: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician
- 1795: Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian alchemist and impostor
19th century
Louis -Philippe († 1850)
Johann Franz Encke († 1865)
20th century
21st Century
- 2001: Marita Petersen 's first female prime minister of the Faroe Islands
- 2004: Laura Branigan, American pop singer
- 2004: Friedrich Brno, German politicians
- 2004: Matthias Volz, German gymnast
- 2005: Anne Bärenz, German singer and pianist
- 2005: Wolfgang Bauer, Austrian writer
- 2006: Rainer Barzel, German politicians
- 2006: Ulrich de Maizière, German officer, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, one of the fathers of leadership development
- 2007: Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg politician
- 2008: Edip Sekowitsch, Yugoslav- Austrian Boxer
- 2011: Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, Canadian priest and Archbishop of Toronto
- 2011: Nicholas Fheodoroff, Austrian composer, conductor, pianist and sound engineer
- 2011: Donn A. Starry, American general in the U.S. Army and military historian
- 2013: Wolfgang Herrendorf, German writer, painter and illustrator
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Werner Sylten, German pastor and martyr ( Protestant)
- Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths and evangeliser ( Protestant)
- Adrian of Nicomedia, a Roman officer and martyr ( Orthodox)
- Name Days Miriam Teresa
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in August