Daily Calendar - August 26

Church Calendar

The Fast of the Virgin Mary

Venerable Maximus the Confessor, (662); Martyrs: Hippolytus, Irenaeus, Abundus and Concordia, martyred in Rome (258); Tikhon, miracle worker of Zadon (1783); Venerable Dorothea, Abba of Seridus (620) and the obedient Miss Dositheus (VII).

Born:

1581 — Franz Hals, Dutch painter.

1743 — Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist.

1918 — Helene Goquiel, famous athlete.

Died:

1850 — Louis Philippe, King of France.

1982 — Anna German, Polish singer.

1983 — Mick Kellin, American actor.

Events:

1124 _ The Georgian army under the command of David the Builder liberated the city of Anisi and its nearby fortresses from the Seljuk Turks.

1346 _ The Battle of Cres took place, one of the most important battles in the history of the Hundred Years' War. The English army defeated the French army.

1812 _ The Battle of Borodino took place. The French army under the command of Napoleon defeated the Russian army.

1833 — A volcano erupted in Indonesia, killing 200 thousand people.

1918 _ Kirion II (in layman's name Giorgi Sadzaglishvili), Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia in 1917-1918, was assassinated in the Martkopi Monastery.

1948 — Tbilisi Ilia Chavchavadze State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages ​​was founded.

1955 — The first color television broadcast was broadcast in America.

1972 — The XX Olympic Games opened in Munich.

1974 — Guinea gained independence.

Memorable days

USA — Women's Equality Day.

Namibia — National Day.

Zanzibar — Sultan's Birthday.