Historical Events on April 26

1538 battle that took place during the Spanish conquest of Peru

1599 battle between Morocco and the Mali Empire

1721 catastrophic earthquake centered near Tabriz, Iran

1740 A battle fought in the Bengal region in mid eighteenth century

1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition

1797 minor naval engagement during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808

1829 battle in Argentinian civil war

Victorious battle of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849 (26 April 1849)

1860 treaty between Morocco and Spain

Second Battle of Nowa Wieś

Secret pact between the Triple Entente and Italy, signed in London on 26 April 1915

Conflict during the Easter Rising in Ireland

Battle within the Finnish Civil War on 26 April 1918

Great Debate — astronomy debate held on 26 April 1920 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis about whether spiral nebulae were different galaxies or part of the Milky Way

1941 battle of the Balkans Campaign during World War II

1945 Military engagement during the Burma campaign (WWII)

1966 earthquake centered in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR

Karai Kadipur massacre

Chernobyl disaster — 1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union

1999 civil disorder in the Netherlands

Murder of Iraqi by US Marine

Battle of the Somali civil war