| 96871 | August 26 | Event | 1821 – The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is officially opened. |
| 96872 | August 26 | Event | 1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. |
| 96873 | August 26 | Event | 1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20 day campaign. |
| 96874 | August 26 | Event | 1914 – In Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is founded. |
| 96875 | August 26 | Event | 1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. |
| 96876 | August 26 | Event | 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. |
| 96877 | August 26 | Event | 1940 – Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. |
| 96878 | August 26 | Event | 1942 – The Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the |
| 96879 | August 26 | Event | 1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. |
| 96880 | August 26 | Event | 1966 – The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. |
| 96881 | August 26 | Event | 1970 – The then-new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. |
| 96882 | August 26 | Event | 1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec |
| 96883 | August 26 | Event | 1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. |
| 96884 | August 26 | Event | 1978 – Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31. |
| 96885 | August 26 | Event | 1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, US. |
| 96886 | August 26 | Event | 1997 – Beni Ali massacre in Algeria where 60 to 100 people were killed. |
| 96887 | August 26 | Event | 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. |
| 96888 | August 26 | Event | 2002 – Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
| 96889 | August 26 | Event | 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA |
| 96890 | August 26 | Event | 2013 – Nationwide protests are held across the Philippines over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. |
| 96891 | August 26 | Event | 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. |
| 96892 | August 26 | Birth | 1469 – Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) |
| 96893 | August 26 | Birth | 1676 – Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745) |
| 96894 | August 26 | Birth | 1694 – Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755) |
| 96895 | August 26 | Birth | 1695 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791) |
| 96896 | August 26 | Birth | 1728 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777) |
| 96897 | August 26 | Birth | 1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790) |
| 96898 | August 26 | Birth | 1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810) |
| 96899 | August 26 | Birth | 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794) |
| 96900 | August 26 | Birth | 1775 – William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851) |