On August 26
55 BC Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions invaded Great
Britain.
1017 Turks defeated the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at
Manikert, Eastern Turkey.
1346 Battle at Crécy - King Edward III and the Black Prince defeated the French; cannons were used for the first time in battle.
1429 Joan of Arc made a triumphant entry into
Paris.
1466 A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by
Luca Pitti, was discovered.
1498 Michelangelo was commissioned to carve the
Pietà.
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