1478
Pazzi conspiracy
Natural disaster · Europe
On this day
26 April
366 events in the atlas are dated to 26 April, from 662 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 366 events
- 662 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1789
Reveillon riot
Protest · Europe
1901
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
Event · North America
1986
Chernobyl disaster
Accident · Europe
2019
Cyclone Fani
Event · South Asia
2025
2025 Vancouver car attack
Attack · North America
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 8 events- 1478Pazzi conspiracyNatural disaster · Europe
- 662 CE662 CE Qumis earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1289Fall of County of TripoliCollapse · Middle East
- 1293Battle of DahaBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1147Construction of Dore AbbeyConstruction · Europe
- 1410Siege of AntequeraSiege · Europe
- 1478Pazzi WarWar · Europe · 1478 – 1480
- 1394Battle of Puerto LopeBattle · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 26 events- 1789Reveillon riotProtest · Europe
- 17551755 Pichincha earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1538Battle of Las SalinasBattle · South America
- 17211721 Tabriz earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1771Founding of WinslowFounding · North America
- 1765Founding of San JoseFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1599Battle of JennéBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1796Founding of Republic of AlbaFounding · Europe
- 1541Battle of SuezBattle · North Africa
- 1625Founding of SipeniFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 24 events- 1860Treaty of Wad RasTreaty · North Africa
- 1892solar eclipse of April 26, 1892Event
- 1810Siege of Ciudad RodrigoSiege · Europe
- 1867Founding of BustosFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1884Founding of Venado TuertoFounding · South America
- 1809Dalmatian CampaignWar · Europe
- 1863Battle of Cape GirardeauBattle · North America
- 1888Construction of Siriraj HospitalConstruction · Southeast Asia
- 1827solar eclipse of April 26, 1827Event · Europe
- 18611861 Sw. Sumatra earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 180 events- 1986Chernobyl disasterAccident · Europe
- 19541954 Geneva Conference and AccordsTreaty · Europe
- 1915Treaty of LondonTreaty · Europe
- 1901Yankees–Red Sox rivalryEvent · North America
- 1920Great DebateEvent · North America
- 1945Arrest and trial of Philippe PetainEvent · Europe
- 1994China Airlines Flight 140Accident · East Asia
- 1982Woo Bum-kon incidentAttack · East Asia
- 1964Founding of TanzaniaFounding · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19921992 NFL DraftEvent · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 128 events- 2019Cyclone FaniEvent · South Asia
- 20252025 Vancouver car attackAttack · North America
- 20182018 NFL DraftEvent · North America
- 20072007 cyberattacks on EstoniaEvent
- 2002Erfurt massacreAttack · Europe
- 2007Bronze NightProtest · Europe
- 2025Port of Shahid Rajaee explosionEvent · Middle East
- 20152015 Kazakh presidential electionElection · Central Asia
- 20092009 flu pandemic in CanadaEpidemic · North America · 2009 – 2010
- 2009Operation Black ThunderstormEvent · South Asia
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.