1071
Battle of Manzikert
Battle · Middle East
On this day
253 events in the atlas are dated to 26 August, from 887 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
1071
Battle · Middle East
1346
Battle · Europe
1879
War · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1879 – 1880
1999
War · Europe · 1999 – 2009
2015
Natural disaster · North America
2026
Natural disaster · South Asia
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