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On March 26, 590: Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Maurice was Eastern Roman emperor from 582 to 602 and the last member of the Justinian dynasty. A successful general, Maurice was chosen as heir and son-in-law by his predecessor Tiberius II.

People

Born on March 26

Jesús Fortea 2007– Spanish footballer (born 2007)
Ella Anderson 2005– American actress (born 2005)
Awra Briguela 2004– Filipino actor and comedian (born 2004)
Bhad Bhabie 2003– American rapper and internet personality (born 2003)
Jameson Williams 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Gefen Primo 2000– Israeli judoka (born 2000)
Andrei Svechnikov 2000– Russian ice hockey player (born 2000)
Satoko Miyahara 1998– Japanese figure skater
Zane Musgrove 1996– Samoa international rugby league footballer
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Kathryn Bernardo 1996– Filipino actress and singer (born 1996)
Ibai Llanos 1995– Spanish Twitch streamer (born 1995)
Ryan Arcidiacono 1994– American basketball player (born 1994)
Alison Van Uytvanck 1994– Belgian former tennis player (born 1994)
Paige VanZant 1994– American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Jed Wallace 1994– English footballer
Marcela Zacarías 1994– Mexican tennis player
Nina Agdal 1992– Danish model (born 1992)
Stoffel Vandoorne 1992– Belgian racing driver (born 1992)

People

Died on March 26

Noelia Castillo 2026 intentional death of Spanish woman
Mary Rand English athlete (1940–2026)
Epeli Nailatikau President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015
James Tolkan American actor (1931–2026)
Esther Coopersmith American diplomat (1930–2024)
María Kodama Argentine writer (1937–2023)
Innocent Vareed Thekkethala Indian actor and politician (1948–2023)
Jacob Ziv Israeli electrical engineer (1931–2023)
Fabrizio Frizzi Italian television presenter (1958–2018)
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Jim Harrison American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
Dinkha IV 20th- and 21st-century Patriarch of the Church of the East
Friedrich L. Bauer German computer scientist
Tomas Tranströmer Swedish poet and psychologist (1931–2015)
Roger Birkman American psychologist (1919 - 2014)
Dick Guidry American politician and businessman
Marcus Kimball British politician (1928–2014)
Tom Boerwinkle American basketball player (1945–2013)
Krzysztof Kozłowski Polish journalist and politician

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Every March 26 on record

  1. 590 Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

    Roman emperor from 582 to 602

    Maurice was Eastern Roman emperor from 582 to 602 and the last member of the Justinian dynasty. A successful general, Maurice was chosen as heir and son-in-law by his predecessor Tiberius II.

  2. 624 First Eid al-Fitr celebration.

    Islamic holiday on the first of Shawwal

    Eid al-Fitr is the first of the two main festivals in Islam, the other being Eid al-Adha. The holiday falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. One of the most important Islamic celebrations, Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as it marks the end of the month-long, dawn-to-dusk fasting (sawm) during Ramadan.

  3. 752 Election of Pope Stephen II following the death of Pope Zachary.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 752 to 757

    Pope Stephen II was the bishop of Rome from 752 until his death in 757. Stephen II marks the historical delineation between the Byzantine Papacy and the Frankish Papacy. During Stephen's pontificate, Rome was facing invasion by the Lombards when Stephen II went to Paris to seek assistance from Pepin the Short.

  4. 1021 The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.

    Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

    The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ranged from the western Mediterranean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids traced their ancestry to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, the first Shi'a imam.

  5. 1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1024 to 1032

    Pope John XIX, born Roman of Tusculum, was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1024 to his death. He belonged to the family of the powerful Counts of Tusculum, succeeding his brother, Benedict VIII. Papal relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople soured during John XIX's pontificate.

  6. 1169 Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
  7. 1244 The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus.
  8. 1344 The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
  9. 1351 Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
  10. 1484 William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
  11. 1552 Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
  12. 1636 Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
  13. 1640 The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.
  14. 1651 The silver-loaded Spanish ship San José, pushed south by strong winds, is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous Cuncos.
  15. 1697 Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
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  1. 1700 William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.
  2. 1812 An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
  3. 1812 A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
  4. 1830 The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
  5. 1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
  6. 1871 The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
  7. 1885 The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  8. 1896 An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
  9. 1913 First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  10. 1915 The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Final, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
  11. 1917 World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  12. 1922 The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
  13. 1931 Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
  14. 1931 Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  15. 1934 The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.

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