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On This Day · The 85th day of the year

March 26

March 26 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 590. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 26?

March 26 is the 85th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 590 and 1991. Famous people born on March 26 include Bernard Katz, Larry Page and Sandra Day O'Connor.

Released on March 26

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Your Heart Will Be Broken
  • Game Project Songbird
  • Game Etrange Overlord
  • Game Life is Strange: Reunion
  • Game Screamer
  • Movie The Drama
  • TV Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo

2025

  • Game Spilled!
  • Game Wednesdays
  • Game Grit & Valor: 1949
  • Game Mother Machine
  • Movie A Working Man
  • TV Paul American

2024

  • Game Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles
  • Game Millennia

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 590

    Maurice (emperor)

  2. 1169

    Saladin

  3. 1484

    William Caxton

  4. 1812

    Gerrymandering

  5. 1885

    Métis

  6. 1896

    Brunner Mine disaster

  7. 1913

    First Balkan War

  8. 1917

    World War I

  9. 1975

    Biological Weapons Convention

  10. 1991

    Singapore Airlines Flight 117

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 26

Bernard Katz

b. 1911

Larry Page

b. 1973

Sandra Day O'Connor

b. 1930

Emma Laine

b. 1986

Leonard Nimoy

b. 1931

Hwang Sun-won

b. 1915

Park Won-soon

b. 1956

Diana Ross

b. 1944

Deaths

  • 2005James Callaghan
  • 1995Eazy-E
  • 1923Sarah Bernhardt
  • 1902Cecil Rhodes
  • 1827Ludwig van Beethoven
  • 908Emperor Ai of Tang

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast days: Barontius and Desiderius
  • —Christian feast days: Castulus
  • —Christian feast days: Emmanuel and companions
  • —Christian feast days: Felicitas
  • —Christian feast days: Harriet Monsell (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast days: Larissa
  • —Christian feast days: Ludger
  • —Christian feast days: Maddalena Caterina Morano

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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