Events on March 26 41
Year 590
Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Year 908
Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
Year 1344
The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
Year 1351
Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
Year 1812
A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
Year 1885
The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
Year 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.
Year 1917
World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
Year 1942
World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
Year 1945
World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
Year 1954
Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
Year 1967
Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
Year 1970
South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
Year 1971
East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
Year 1979
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
Year 1982
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
Year 1991
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
Year 1998
During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
Year 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.
Year 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.
Year 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.