May 26
Overview
Holidays & Observances
Christianfeast day:
Augustine of Canterbury(Anglican CommunionandEastern Orthodox), Lambert of Vence, Martyrs of the Paris Commune, Peter Sanz(one ofMartyr Saints of China), Philip Neri, Pope Eleutherius, Quadratus of Athens, Zachary, Bishop of Vienne, May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
A day marking the feast of several Christian saints commemorated on May 26.
Independence Day, commemorates the declaration of independence of theDemocratic Republic of Georgiain 1918 (Georgia)
Georgia's Independence Day marks the 1918 declaration of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence ofGuyanafrom the United Kingdom in 1966.
Guyana's Independence Day commemorates its separation from the United Kingdom in 1966.
Mother's Day(Poland)
A national celebration honoring mothers and maternal bonds in Poland.
National Paper Airplane Day(United States)
A playful celebration of creativity and flight through paper airplanes.
National Sorry Day(Australia)
Australia's day of remembrance and apology to the Stolen Generations.
Augustine of Canterbury(Anglican CommunionandEastern Orthodox)
Honors Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
Lambert of Vence
Commemorates Saint Lambert of Vence, a medieval French bishop known for his piety.
Martyrs of the Paris Commune
Remembers clergy martyred during the 1871 Paris Commune uprising.
Events
Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
Roman general Germanicus was honored with a triumphal procession in Rome after his victories over Germanic tribes.
Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity.
Armenian rebels fought the Sasanian Empire at Avarayr, securing religious freedom despite military defeat.
England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's brother Eadred assuming the throne for the minority of Edmund's two sons.
King Edmund I of England was killed in a street fight, and his brother Eadred succeeded him as king.
King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
Emperor Otto I crowned his six-year-old son Otto II as co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom at Aachen.
Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae (Emperor of all of Spain).
Alfonso VII was crowned Imperator totius Hispaniae in León Cathedral, declaring himself Emperor of all Spain.
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 23,000.
A powerful earthquake struck Kamakura, Japan, killing around 23,000 people.
William of Ockham, the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena, and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
William of Ockham and other Franciscan leaders secretly fled Avignon to escape a papal death sentence.
Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
John Calvin and his followers were expelled from Geneva, leading him into exile in Strasbourg.
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Eighty Years' War.
A naval battle was fought on Haarlemmermeer lake during the Eighty Years' War.
Births
Koreyasu
Koreyasu (1264–1326) was a Japanese prince who served as the seventh shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate under the Hōjō regency.
Clement VII
Pope Clement VII (1478–1534) was the head of the Catholic Church, serving during the tumultuous period of the Protestant Reformation.
James III
James III (1562–1590) was the Margrave of Baden-Hachberg in the Holy Roman Empire, ruling a small but strategically positioned territory.
Mehmed III
Mehmed III (1566–1603) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1595 to 1603, known for leading campaigns during the Long Turkish War.
Philippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674) was a Dutch-French Baroque painter renowned for his portraits and religious paintings.
William Petty
Sir William Petty (1623–1687) was an English economist, statistician, and philosopher, regarded as a pioneer of political arithmetic.
John Churchill
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), was a distinguished English general and statesman, famed for his victories in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Abraham de Moivre
Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754) was a French-English mathematician celebrated for de Moivre's formula linking complex numbers and trigonometry.
Sébastien Vaillant
Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722) was a French botanist and mycologist who pioneered systematic plant classification and the study of fungi.
Deaths
Augustine of Canterbury
Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and brought Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons.
Bede
English Benedictine monk and scholar known for writing The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Ali al-Ridha
Eighth Imam of Twelver Shia Islam, revered for his knowledge and piety.
Yuan Xingqin
Chinese general and governor during the Five Dynasties period.
Edmund I
King of England from 939 to 946, known as Edmund I or 'the Magnificent'.
Berenguer Ramon I
Count of Barcelona who ruled Catalan territories in the early 11th century.
Adalbert
Margrave of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty in the early 11th century.
Peter I
Duke of Brittany from 1213 until his death in 1250 and Regent of France.
Aldona Ona
Lithuanian princess who became Queen consort of Poland in the 14th century.