August 26th 1071 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.*
August 26th 1278 Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.*
August 26th 1303 Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate, after which thirty thousand Hindu inhabitants are killed.*
August 26th 1346 At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.*
August 26th 1444 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.*
August 26th 1768 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.*
August 26th 1813 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).*
August 26th 1814 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.*
August 26th 1914 World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.*
August 26th 1914 World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.*
August 26th 1922 Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.*
August 26th 1936 Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved.*
August 26th 1944 World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.*
August 26th 1966 The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.*
August 26th 1998 The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.*
August 26th 1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.*
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