History Anniversaries in 2026

57 events, battles and landmarks from the atlas that reach a round anniversary in 2026, from the 25th to the 1575th, each linked to the map of its time.

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400th anniversary (1626)

• St. Peter's Basilica (built or begun)

500th anniversary (1526)

• Battle of Mohács
• Battle of Panipat
• Battle of Mohács · Battle of Mohács
• Battle of Panipat: the Mughal Empire is founded · Battle of Panipat
• Babur enters Agra · Agra

700th anniversary (1326)

• Orhan takes Bursa and makes it his capital · Bursa

800th anniversary (1226)

• Frederick II makes it a Free Imperial City · Lübeck

1500th anniversary (AD 526)

• A great earthquake destroys Antioch · Antioch

50th anniversary (1976)

• The Soweto uprising · Johannesburg

250th anniversary (1776)

• The Declaration of Independence · Philadelphia
• Becomes capital of the Durrani Empire · Kabul
• The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence · Philadelphia
• Spain founds a presidio and mission · San Francisco
• Becomes capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata · Buenos Aires

450th anniversary (1576)

• The Portuguese found Luanda · Luanda
• Mutinous Spanish troops sack Antwerp (the ‘Spanish Fury’) · Antwerp

750th anniversary (1276)

• Yuan troops enter Lin'an and the Southern Song court surrenders · Hangzhou

850th anniversary (1176)

• The Lombard League defeats Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano · Milan
• Saladin begins the Citadel of Cairo · Cairo

1550th anniversary (AD 476)

• Fall of the Western Roman Empire · Ravenna
• Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus; the Western Empire ends · Ravenna

25th anniversary (2001)

• The September 11 attacks · New York
• The September 11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center · New York

75th anniversary (1951)

• The People's Liberation Army enters Tibet · Lhasa
• Korean War armistice talks begin at Kaesong · Kaesong
• The rule of the hereditary Rana prime ministers ends · Kathmandu

125th anniversary (1901)

• The Commonwealth of Australia is founded · Sydney
• Becomes the temporary federal capital · Melbourne
• Becomes capital of the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia · Hobart

175th anniversary (1851)

• The Taiping Rebellion begins
• The Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace · London
• Britain bombards Lagos · Lagos
• Gold is found in New South Wales and a gold rush begins · Sydney
• The Victorian gold rush begins · Melbourne
• The German explorer Heinrich Barth visits Kano · Kano

225th anniversary (1801)

• The British fleet attacks Copenhagen · Copenhagen
• Georgia is annexed by the Russian Empire · Tbilisi

325th anniversary (1701)

• Capital of the Kingdom of Prussia · Berlin
• Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia here · Königsberg
• Osei Tutu founds the Asante Empire · Kumasi
• New France and the First Nations sign the Great Peace of Montreal · Montreal

475th anniversary (1551)

• The University of San Marcos is founded, one of the oldest in the Americas · Lima

525th anniversary (1501)

• The Safavids take Baku · Baku
• Ismail I is proclaimed shah in Tabriz, founding the Safavid dynasty · Tabriz

625th anniversary (1401)

• Timur sacks Damascus · Damascus

675th anniversary (1351)

• King U Thong founds the kingdom of Ayutthaya · Ayutthaya

825th anniversary (1201)

• Bishop Albert founds the city · Riga

975th anniversary (1051)

• The Seljuks make Isfahan their capital · Isfahan

1225th anniversary (AD 801)

• Charlemagne's son Louis takes Barcelona and creates the Spanish March · Barcelona

1275th anniversary (AD 751)

• Battle of Talas
• Battle of Talas · Battle of Talas
• The Lombards seize the Exarchate of Ravenna · Ravenna
• Work begins on Bulguksa and Seokguram · Gyeongju

1375th anniversary (AD 651)

• The last Sasanian king, Yazdegerd III, is killed near Merv · Merv

1575th anniversary (AD 451)

• Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
• Battle of the Catalaunian Plains · Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

Other years: 2027

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.