What happend on 26th August

25.08
27.08
1346

Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.

1278

Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia.

1071

Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert