October 26th (1597) was a Sunday. It's the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 26th October, 1597
» Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
October 26th Holidays in History
» Angam Day (Holidays in Nauru called Nauru)
» Public holidays in Benin e.g Armed Forces Day (Benin)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Alfred the Great
» Cedd
» Cuthbert of Canterbury
» Demetrius of Thessaloniki
» Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
» Saint Quadragesimus or Quadragesimus
» Witta of Büraburg
» Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
» Culture of Austria Public holidays e.g National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)