May 26 in History
26 May in History – 176 years ago
Europe 1849: Alliance of the Three Kings
Prussia responded swiftly to the uprisings in Germany, crushing rebellions in Saxony and the... SEE MORE…
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starts
2020
Racial unrest grips US in response to police brutality
ends
1972
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between US and Soviets
1966
Guyana gains independence from the UK
starts
1941
British sink the German battleship *Bismarck*
starts
1940
Allied soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk
1918
Georgia breaks away from Transcaucasia
1908
First oil strike in Persian Gulf
starts
1902
Japanese crush resistance in Taiwan
1864
Montana Territory created
1857
Prussia renounces sovereignty over Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel
1854
Allies occupy Piraeus
1853
Last convict shipment arrives in Van Diemen’s Land
1849
Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover sign alliance
ends
1846
Popular revolt in northern Portugal
1839
Los Altos exits Central American Union
1835
Ottomans reassert authority in Tripolitania
1834
Treaty ends Liberal Wars in Portugal
starts
1521
Cortés captures Tenochtitlan, ending Aztec Empire
451
Persians decisively defeat Armenians at Avarayr
430
Vandals defeat Bonifatius near Hippo Regius*
ends
407
Saxons raid Gallic coast*
366
Procopius’ remaining troops defect at Nacolia
*Actual date uncertain; set to 26 May for purposes of Omniatlas
