What happend on 26th August

25.08
27.08
1914

World War I: The British Expeditionary Force briefly checks the German advance at Le Cateau.

1914

World War I: Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg.

1883

Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

1862

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.

1858

First news dispatch by telegraph.

1839

The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.

1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by Constituent Assembly at Palace of Versailles

1778

The first ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain of Slovenia.

1498

Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà.

1429

Joan of Arc enters Paris.