MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 26
THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 26
August 26 in history
1071 — Manzikert
26 Aug 1071 — the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan destroys a Byzantine army and captures the emperor. Within twenty years Turkish emirs rule nearly to the Aegean, and the road to the West’s crusade begins here.
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