WHAT HAPPENED ON 26. AUGUST
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Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. (26. August 1071)

Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia. (26. August 1278)

Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh. (26. August 1303)

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. (26. August 1346)

Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel. (26. August 1444)

A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered. (26. August 1466)

Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà. (26. August 1498)

The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (26. August 1748)

Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. (26. August 1768)

The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. (26. August 1778)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. (26. August 1789)

John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. (26. August 1791)

The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution. (26. August 1810)

War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). (26. August 1813)

Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias. (26. August 1814)

The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is officially opened. (26. August 1821)

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. (26. August 1883)

In Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is founded. (26. August 1914)

World War I: the German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days. (26. August 1914)

The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. (26. August 1920)