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On August 26, 683: The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.

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The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.

The Battle of al-Harra was fought between the Umayyad army of the caliph Yazid I led by Muslim ibn Uqba and the defenders of Medina from the Ansar and Muhajirun factions, who had rebelled against the caliph. The battle took place at the lava field of Harrat Waqim in the northeastern outskirts of Medina on 26 August 683 and lasted less than a day.

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Born on August 26

Lil Tecca 2002– American rapper (born 2002)
Patrick Williams 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Kyren Williams 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Naz Reid 1999– American basketball player (born 1999)
Kotoshoho Yoshinari 1999– Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1999)
Charlie Gillespie 1998– Canadian actor and singer (born 1998)
Jeon Soyeon 1998– South Korean rapper (born 1998)
Cordae 1997– American rapper (born 1997)
Anthony Duclair 1995– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
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Ranger Suárez 1995– Venezuelan baseball player (born 1995)
Alex Collins 1994– American football player (1994–2023)
Austin Gunn 1994– American professional wrestler
Keke Palmer 1993– American actress, singer, and television host (born 1993)
Jessie Diggins 1991– American cross-country skier (born 1991)
Dylan O'Brien 1991– American actor (born 1991)
Lorenzo Brown 1990– Spanish basketball player (born 1990)
Irina-Camelia Begu 1990– Romanian tennis player (born 1990)
Mateo Musacchio 1990– Argentine footballer (born 1990)

People

Died on August 26

Sven-Göran Eriksson Swedish football manager (1948–2024)
Sid Eudy American actor and professional wrestler (1960–2024)
Bob Barker American media personality (1923–2023)
Joe Ruby American animator (1933–2020)
Neil Simon American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018)
Tobe Hooper American filmmaker (1943–2017)
Amelia Boynton Robinson American civil rights activist (1905–2015)
Donald Eric Capps American theologian (1939–2015)
P. J. Kavanagh English writer and broadcaster (1931–2015)
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Stefanos Manikas Greek politician
Francisco San Diego Filipino Catholic prelate
Christian Bourquin French politician
Peter Bacon Hales American historian, professor, musician, and photographer
Caroline Kellett British journalist
Chūsei Sone Japanese film director
Hélie de Saint Marc French resistance member (1922–2013)
John J. Gilligan American politician, governor of Ohio (1921–2013)
Bill Schmitz American football coach

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Every August 26 on record

  1. 683 The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.

    Battle between Umayyad and Medinan forces in 683

    The Battle of al-Harra was fought between the Umayyad army of the caliph Yazid I led by Muslim ibn Uqba and the defenders of Medina from the Ansar and Muhajirun factions, who had rebelled against the caliph. The battle took place at the lava field of Harrat Waqim in the northeastern outskirts of Medina on 26 August 683 and lasted less than a day.

  2. 1071 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.

    Oghuz Turkic dynasty

    The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that culturally became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture.

  3. 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.

    King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290

    Ladislaus IV, also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary. At the age of seven, he married Elisabeth, a daughter of King Charles I of Sicily.

  4. 1303 Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.

    Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Chittor

    In 1303, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji captured the Chittor Fort from the Guhila king Ratnasimha, after an eight month long siege. The conflict has been described in several legendary accounts, including the historic epic poem Padmavat, which claims that Alauddin's motive was to obtain king Ratnasimha's beautiful wife Padmavati.

  5. 1346 Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

    The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides.

  6. 1366 The Byzantine Empire retakes Gallipoli with the help of the Savoyard Crusade.
  7. 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.
  8. 1542 A year and a half after leaving Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, Francisco de Orellana finishes his overland journey across South America and reaches the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
  9. 1642 Dutch–Portuguese War: Second Battle of San Salvador: The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day Keelung, Taiwan) to surrender, ending the short-lived Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with a new Dutch administration.
  10. 1648 The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
  11. 1748 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
  12. 1767 Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
  13. 1768 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
  14. 1778 The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  15. 1789 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
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  1. 1791 John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  2. 1810 The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 1833 The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish.
  6. 1849 President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti.
  7. 1863 The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
  8. 1883 The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  9. 1914 World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I.
  10. 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.
  11. 1920 The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
  12. 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.
  13. 1936 Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.
  14. 1940 World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
  15. 1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.

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