On October 26, history records 50 notable events, 214 famous births and 111 deaths, spanning the years 740 to 1775.
Events on this day include: An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings. (740); The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by t... (1185).
Notable people born on October 26 include Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416), Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431).
Notable figures who died on this day include Cedd (664), Cuthbert of Canterbury (760), Alfred the Great (899).
Events on 26 October 50
See all →An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings.
The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by the Asen dynasty.
The Byzantine civil war of 1341-47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho.
Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American Revolution.
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Birthdays on 26 October 214
See all →Deaths on 26 October 111
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