THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 26
August 26 in history
What happened on August 26: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1071, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of 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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