All Events

Historical Events on May 26

  • Geneva

    1538

    Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.

  • Napoleon

    1805

    Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.

  • Montana

    1864

    Montana is organized as a United States territory.

  • American Civil War

    1865

    American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.

  • Boston University

    1869

    Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Nicholas II of Russia

    1896

    Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.

  • Soviet Union

    1970

    The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

  • Supreme Court of the United States

    1998

    The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.

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