📅 Today in HistoryMarch 26

Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

First Eid al-Fitr celebration.

The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.

Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.

The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus.

The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.

Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.

William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.

Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.