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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
An illustration of the Battle of Crécy
An engraving on the Battle of Crécy
Battle of Manzikert
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Namibia Day; | stub |
| 1978 – Pope John Paul I was elected as successor of Pope Paul VI. | refimprove, but Pope John Paul already appears on September 28 anyway |
| 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the only official language of Quebec. | unbalanced section |
| 1978 – Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space. | refimprove |
| 1999 – In response to the Invasion of Dagestan nineteen days prior, Russia launched bombing raids to begin the Second Chechen War. | disputed section |
Eligible
- 1071 – Byzantine–Seljuq Wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
- 1346 – Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy.
- 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1768 – HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook.
- 1810 – Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of Santiago de Liniers, during the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1966 – The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the Namibian War of Independence.
- 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention began at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti–Vietnam War protesters and police.
Notes
- Invasion of Dagestan appears on August 7, so Chechen War or Abkhazia/South Ossetia should not appear in the same year.
August 26: Herero Day in Namibia; National Heroes' Day in the Philippines (2013); Women's Equality Day in the United States
- 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1883 – A massive eruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa, ejecting so much ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year.
- 1928 – At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, May Donoghue found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, causing her to launch one of the landmark civil action cases in British common law, Donoghue v Stevenson.
- 1970 – Betty Friedan (pictured) and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
- 2008 – More than a week after a ceasefire was reached in the South Ossetia war, Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.