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26

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47 events  ·  98 deaths  ·  260 births

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Year 715

Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

Year 1087

William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

Year 1212

Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

Year 1345

Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

Year 1371

Serbian-Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.

Year 1493

Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

Year 1580

Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

Year 1687

The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

Year 1687

The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

Year 1777

American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3

Birthdays on 26 September 260

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Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
b. 932 – d. 975
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (d. 975)
Anne of Bavaria
Anne of Bavaria
b. 1329 – d. 1353
Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (d. 1353)
Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros
Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros
b. 1406 – d. 1430
Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
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Engelbert, Count of Nevers
b. 1462 – d. 1506
Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
b. 1526 – d. 1569
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569)
Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714)
Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714)
b. 1637 – d. 1714
Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714)
Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew
b. 1641 – d. 1712
Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
Francis Daniel Pastorius
Francis Daniel Pastorius
b. 1651 – d. 1720
Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown (d. 1720)
George William, Duke of Liegnitz
George William, Duke of Liegnitz
b. 1660 – d. 1675
George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
b. 1698 – d. 1755
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
b. 1711 – d. 1779
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
b. 1750 – d. 1810
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)

Deaths on 26 September 98

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Berowulf
d. 800
Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg
Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi
Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi
d. 862
Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi, Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)
Fujiwara no Teika
Fujiwara no Teika
d. 1241
Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
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Margaret, Maid of Norway
d. 1290 (b. 1283)
Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)
Gottfried von Hagenau
Gottfried von Hagenau
d. 1313
Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
Cecco d'Ascoli
Cecco d'Ascoli
d. 1327 (b. 1257)
Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)
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Ibn Taymiya
d. 1328 (b. 1263)
Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)
William II, Count of Hainaut
William II, Count of Hainaut
d. 1345
William II, Count of Hainaut
Jovan Uglješa
Jovan Uglješa
d. 1371
Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot
Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
d. 1413 (b. 1337)
Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)
Francesco Zabarella
Francesco Zabarella
d. 1417 (b. 1360)
Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)
Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)
d. 1468 (b. 1388)
Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)