26. Wēodmōnðes
'''26 Wēodmōnaþ''' is se 238oða dæg þæs gēares in þǣre [[Gregorisc gerīmbōc|Gregoriscan gerīmbēc]] (239oða in [[hlēapgēar]]um). Þǣr sind 127 belīfendra daga.

{{Gerīmbōc gēaresdaga|Wēodmōnaþ}}
== Belimpas ==

*[[55 BC]] - [[Julius Caesar]] invades [[United Kingdom|Britain]]
*AD [[1071]] - [[Battle of Manzikert]]: The [[Seljuk Turks]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire]] at [[Manzikert]]
*[[1278]] - [[Ladislaus IV Ungerlandes]] and [[Rudolph I Þēodisclandes]] defeat [[Premysl Ottokar II]] of [[Bohemia]] in the [[Battle of Marchfield]] near [[Dürnkrut]] in [[Moravia]].
*[[1346]] - [[Hundred Years' War]]: The military supremacy of the English [[longbow]] over the French combination of [[crossbow]] and armoured [[knight]]s is established at the [[Battle of Crēcy]].
*[[1429]] - [[Joan of Arc]] enters [[Paris]].
*[[1498]] - [[Michelangelo]] commissioned to carve the [[Michelangelo's Pietà|Pietà]].
*[[1778]] - The first ascent of [[Triglav]], the highest mountain of [[Slovenia]].
*[[1789]] - [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]] approved by [[Constituent Assembly]] at [[Palace of Versailles]]
*[[1839]] - Þæt scip ''[[Amistad]]'' hæftode man be [[Long Island|Langum Īeglande]].
*[[1858]] - First news dispatch by [[telegraph]].
*[[1862]] - [[Second Battle of Bull Run]] begins in the [[American Civil War]].
*[[1883]] - Eruption of Mount [[Krakatoa]].
*[[1914]] - [[Germany|Germans]] defeat [[Russia]]ns in [[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Battle of Tannenberg]]. 
*[[1914]] - The [[British Expeditionary Force]] briefly checks the German advance at [[Le Cateau]].
*[[1914]] - The German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
*[[1920]] - [[United States Constitution/Amendment Nineteen|19th amendment]] to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
*[[1939]] - The first [[Major League Baseball]] game is telecast, a double-header between the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] at [[Ebbets Field]], in [[Brooklyn, New York]].
*[[1940]] - [[Chad]] is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Fēlix Ēbouē, France's first black colonial governor.
*[[1944]] - [[Charles de Gaulle]] enters [[Paris]].
*[[1957]] - The [[USSR]] tests an [[ICBM]].
*[[1968]] - [[1968 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] opens in [[Chicago, Illinois]]
*[[1968]] - [[The Beatles]]' [[Hey Jude]] is released as a [[single (music)|single]] in the United States under the [[Apple Records]] label.
*[[1972]] - [[1972 Summer Olympics|Games of the XX Olympiad]] open in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].
*[[1976]] - [[Raymond Barre]] wierþ Fyrmestscealc [[Franclandes]].
*[[1978]] - [[Papal conclave, 1978 (August)]]: [[Pope John Paul I]] is elevated to the [[Papacy]].
*[[1978]] - [[Sigmund Jähn]] becomes first [[Germany|German]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] on board of the [[Soyuz 31]] spacecraft.
*[[1986]] - Toxic gas kills 1700 in [[Cameroon]].
*[[1987]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Wilson Reagan]] proclaims [[September 11]], [[1987]] as 9-1-1 [[Emergency telephone number|Emergency Number]] Day.
*[[1988]] - [[Merhan Karimi Nasseri]] arrives at [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]].
* [[1997]] - [[Beni-Ali massacre]] in [[Algeria]]; 60-100 people killed.
*[[2002]] - [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] pitcher [[Ēric Gagnē]] converts his first of a record 84 consecutive successful save opportunities.
*[[2002]] - [[Earth Summit 2002]] begins in [[Johannesburg, South Africa]].
*[[2003]] - [[Columbia Accident Investigation Board]] releases its final reports on [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].

== Byrda ==
*[[1676]] - [[Robert Walpole]], [[Fyrmestscealc þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces]] (d. [[1745]])
*[[1694]] - [[Elisha Williams]], American rector of Yale College (d. [[1755]])
*[[1743]] - [[Antoine Lavoisier]], French chemist (d. [[1794]])
*[[1775]] - [[William Joseph Behr]], German writer (d. [[1851]])
*[[1792]] - [[Manuel Oribe]], Uruguayan political figure (d. [[1857]])
*[[1873]] - [[Lee DeForest]], American inventor (d. [[1961]])
*[[1875]] - [[John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir]], Scottish novelist, [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. [[1940]])
*[[1880]] - [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], French poet and art critic (d. [[1918]])
*[[1882]] - [[James Franck]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1964]])
*[[1896]] - [[Ivan Mihailov]], Bulgarian revolutionary (d. [[1990]])
*[[1897]] - [[Yoon Boseon]], [[President of South Korea]] (d. [[1990]])
*[[1898]] - [[Peggy Guggenheim]], American art collector (d. [[1979]])
*[[1900]] - [[Hellmuth Walter]], German engineer and inventor (d. [[1980]])
*[[1901]] - [[Maxwell Taylor]], American general (d. [[1987]])
*[[1904]] - [[Christopher Isherwood]], Anglo-American writer (d. [[1986]])
*[[1906]] - [[Albert Sabin]], American polio researcher (d. [[1993]])
*[[1909]] - [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]], American actor (d. [[1981]])
*[[1914]] - [[Julio Cortāzar]], Argentine writer (d. [[1984]])
*[[1921]] - [[Benjamin Bradlee]], American journalist
*[[1922]] - [[Irving R. Levine]], American journalist
*[[1923]] - [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]], German conductor and pianist
*[[1934]] - [[Tom Heinsohn]], American basketball player and commentator
*[[1935]] - [[Geraldine Ferraro]], U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
*[[1941]] - [[Barbet Schroeder]], Swiss film director
*[[1942]] - [[Dennis Turner]], British politician
*[[1944]] - [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
*[[1946]] - [[Valerie Simpson]], American singer
*[[1952]] - [[Michael Jeter]], American actor (d. [[2003]])
*[[1957]] - [[Dr. Alban]], Nigerian singer
*[[1960]] - [[Branford Marsalis]], American saxophonist and bandleader
*[[1971]] - [[Thalīa (actress)|Thalīa]], Mexican actress
*[[1979]] - [[Jamal Lewis]], American football player
*[[1980]] - [[Macaulay Culkin]], American actor

== Dēaðas ==
*[[1278]] - [[Premysl Ottokar II]]
*[[1349]] - [[Thomas Bradwardine]], [[Arcebisceop on Cantwarbyrg]]
*[[1551]] - [[Margareta Leijonhufvud]], Cwēn Swēolandes (b. [[1516]])
*[[1666]] - [[Frans Hals]], Niðerlendisc mētere
*1714 - [[Edward Fowler]], Englisc Bisceop Glēawceastre (b. [[1632]])
*[[1723]] - [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]], Dutch scientist (b. [[1632]])
*[[1850]] - [[Louis-Philippe of France]] (b. [[1773]])
*[[1915]] - [[John Bunny]] American comedian (b. [[1863]])
*[[1930]] - [[Lon Chaney, Sr.]], American actor (b. [[1883]])
*[[1945]] - [[Franz Werfel]], Ēastrīcisc wrītere (b. [[1890]])
*[[1958]] - [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], English composer (b. [[1872]])
*[[1968]] - [[Kay Francis]], American actress (b. [[1899]])
*[[1974]] - [[Charles Lindbergh]], American aviator (b. [[1902]])
*[[1976]] - [[Lotte Lehmann]], German soprano (b. [[1888]])
*[[1978]] - [[Charles Boyer]], French actor (b. [[1899]])
*[[1979]] - [[Mika Waltari]], Finnish author (b. [[1908]])
*[[1980]] - [[Tex Avery]], American cartoonist (b. [[1908]])
*[[1981]] - [[Roger Nash Baldwin]], American founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (b. [[1884]])
*[[1986]] - [[Ted Knight]], American actor (b. [[1923]])
*[[1989]] - [[Irving Stone]], American author (b. [[1903]])
*[[1990]] - [[Minoru Honda]], Iapanisc astronomer (b. [[1913]])
*[[1998]] - [[Frederick Reines]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]])
*[[2003]] - [[Jim Wacker]], American football coach (b. [[1937]])
*[[2004]] - [[Laura Branigan]], American sangestre (b. [[1957]])

== Holidays and observances ==

*Namibia Day or Heroes' Day ([[Namibia]])
*[[Sultan's Birthday]] ([[Zanzibar]])
*[[Pope Zephyrinus|St Zephyrinus]] Day

== Ūtanwearde bendas ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/26 BBC: On This Day]

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''[[26 Mǣdmōnaþ]]'' - [[24 Wēodmōnaþ]] - [[25 Wēodmōnaþ]] - '''26 Wēodmōnaþ''' - [[27 Wēodmōnaþ]] - [[28 Wēodmōnaþ]] - ''[[26 Hāligmōnaþ]]'' -- [[stǣrlice gemynddagas|getalu ealra daga]]

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[[Flocc:Wēodmōnaþ|26]]
26 Wēodmōnaþ is se 238oða dæg þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc (239oða in hlēapgēarum). Þǣr sind 127 belīfendra daga.

 Belimpas 

55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain
AD 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert
1278 - Ladislaus IV Ungerlandes and Rudolph I Þēodisclandes defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia.
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 Crēcy.
1429 - Joan of Arc enters Paris.
1498 - Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1778 - The first ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain of Slovenia.
1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by Constituent Assembly at Palace of Versailles
1839 - Þæt scip Amistad hæftode man be Langum Īeglande.
1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.
1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run begins in the American Civil War.
1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
1914 - Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg. 
1914 - The British Expeditionary Force briefly checks the German advance at Le Cateau.
1914 - The German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.
1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Fēlix Ēbouē, France's first black colonial governor.
1944 - Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1957 - The USSR tests an ICBM.
1968 - Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, Illinois
1968 - The Beatles' Hey Jude is released as a single in the United States under the Apple Records label.
1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, Germany.
1976 - Raymond Barre wierþ Fyrmestscealc Franclandes.
1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.
1978 - Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut on board of the Soyuz 31 spacecraft.
1986 - Toxic gas kills 1700 in Cameroon.
1987 - President Ronald Wilson Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
1988 - Merhan Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
 1997 - Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
2002 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ēric Gagnē converts his first of a record 84 consecutive successful save opportunities.
2002 - Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2003 - Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

 Byrda 
1676 - Robert Walpole, Fyrmestscealc þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces (d. 1745)
1694 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
1775 - William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1792 - Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
1873 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)
1875 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
1882 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1896 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
1897 - Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1898 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
1900 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
1901 - Maxwell Taylor, American general (d. 1987)
1904 - Christopher Isherwood, Anglo-American writer (d. 1986)
1906 - Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (d. 1993)
1909 - Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
1914 - Julio Cortāzar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
1921 - Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist
1922 - Irving R. Levine, American journalist
1923 - Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist
1934 - Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator
1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
1942 - Dennis Turner, British politician
1944 - Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1946 - Valerie Simpson, American singer
1952 - Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
1957 - Dr. Alban, Nigerian singer
1960 - Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader
1971 - Thalīa, Mexican actress
1979 - Jamal Lewis, American football player
1980 - Macaulay Culkin, American actor

 Dēaðas 
1278 - Premysl Ottokar II
1349 - Thomas Bradwardine, Arcebisceop on Cantwarbyrg
1551 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, Cwēn Swēolandes (b. 1516)
1666 - Frans Hals, Niðerlendisc mētere
1714 - Edward Fowler, Englisc Bisceop Glēawceastre (b. 1632)
1723 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
1850 - Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
1915 - John Bunny American comedian (b. 1863)
1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
1945 - Franz Werfel, Ēastrīcisc wrītere (b. 1890)
1958 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
1968 - Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
1974 - Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
1976 - Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)
1978 - Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
1981 - Roger Nash Baldwin, American founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1986 - Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
1989 - Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
1990 - Minoru Honda, Iapanisc astronomer (b. 1913)
1998 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2003 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
2004 - Laura Branigan, American sangestre (b. 1957)

 Holidays and observances 

Namibia Day or Heroes' Day (Namibia)
Sultan's Birthday (Zanzibar)
St Zephyrinus Day

 Ūtanwearde bendas 
 BBC: On This Day

26 Mǣdmōnaþ - 24 Wēodmōnaþ - 25 Wēodmōnaþ - 26 Wēodmōnaþ - 27 Wēodmōnaþ - 28 Wēodmōnaþ - 26 Hāligmōnaþ -- getalu ealra daga

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