På denne dag: 26. mai
Utforsk avgjørende hendelser, vitenskapelige sprang og historiske vendepunkter. Med kildekritisk merking for antikke og kalenderusatte datoer.
946: Historisk hendelse
King Edmund I (pictured) of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine.
1328: Historisk hendelse
English friar William of Ockham, who popularised the methodological principle known as Occam's razor, secretly left Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
1644: Historisk hendelse
Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.
1822: Historisk hendelse
The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.
1865: Historisk hendelse
American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.
1868: Historisk hendelse
The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enough votes from the U.S. Senate to convict.
1888: Historisk hendelse
The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.
1894: Historisk hendelse
Germany's Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.
1897: Historisk hendelse
The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.
1906: Historisk hendelse
Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.
1932: Historisk hendelse
Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.
1933: Historisk hendelse
American singer Jimmie Rodgers died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.
1938: Historisk hendelse
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.
1940: Historisk hendelse
Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.
1967: Historisk hendelse
The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.
1989: Historisk hendelse
Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.
1999: Historisk hendelse
Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
2002: Historisk hendelse
Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
2020: Historisk hendelse
Protests following the murder of George Floyd erupted in Minneapolis–Saint Paul before spreading across the United States and internationally.
2025: Historisk hendelse
A car rammed into a crowd on Water Street, Liverpool, injuring 65 people.
🔍 Om kildene og historisk datering
Å tidfeste hendelser tusenvis av år tilbake i tid er en krevende historievitenskapelig oppgave. Før innføringen av den julianske kalenderen (45 f.Kr.) og den gregorianske kalenderen (1582) benyttet ulike sivilisasjoner (romere, grekere, kinesere, babylonere) vidt forskjellige kalendersystemer basert på månesykluser eller lokale embetsperioder.
Slik merker vi dateringene:
• ✓ Sikker datering: Dokumentert i samtidige protokoller, offisielle traktater eller etter standardiserte kalendersystemer.
• ⚠️ Usikker / estimert: Hendelsen er historisk reell, men datoen er tradisjonell, basert på senere krøniker eller lunisolare omregninger.
- Wikimedia Foundation – Wikipedia On This Day arkiver og historiske registre.
- Store norske leksikon (SNL) – Norsk og internasjonal historie, biografier og årstallsverifisering.
- Encyclopædia Britannica – Verifisering av antikke slag, fredsavtaler og statsdannelser.
- NASA Historical Logs & Science Missions – Romfartshistoriske datoer og oppskytningstelemetri.