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Historical Events for 26th August 2025
1303 - Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh, capital of the Guhila Kingdom
1629 - Cambridge Agreement: Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate
1909 - Australian cricket all-rounder Frank Tarrant scores 145 and takes 13-67 in a county game for Middlesex as they beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 31 runs in a single day
1914 - Battle of Tannenberg begins (WWI): 8th German army defeats Russian Second army
1922 - Japanese cruiser Niitaka is driven onto rocks in a storm at Kamchatka, resulting in 284 deaths
1971 - Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia, the first Dutch royal visit since Indonesia gained independence from the Netherlands
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
2020 - The Milwaukee Bucks forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake, leading to the NBA postponing more games
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