Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 26
This is a list of selected March 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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March 26: Independence Day in Bangladesh; Education and Sharing Day in the United States (2010)
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- 1027 – Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1484 – William Caxton, the first printer of books in English, printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1636 – Utrecht University, one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, was established.
- 1812 – A 7.6 ML earthquake caused extensive damage in the Venezuelan settlements of Caracas, La Guaira, Barquisimeto, San Felipe, and Mérida.
- 1971 – East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh (original 1971 flag pictured), starting the Bangladesh Liberation War.
- 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.