{"id":18292,"date":"2022-09-26T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=186420"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T05:24:08","slug":"26-september-on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/26-september-on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"26 September: On this day in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 26 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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26 September\u00a01087<\/h3>\n

Following his father\u2019s example, William II<\/a> is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop Lanfranc. Absolutely nothing is known of it at all. But it was probably a colourful occasion, since William\u2019s biographer describes him as \u201caddicted to every kind of vice, particularly lust and especially sodomy\u201d.<\/p>\n

26 September 1831<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first meeting of what would become the British Association for the Advancement of Science was held in York.\u00a0The prime mover was David Brewster, editor of the\u00a0Edinburgh Journal of Science.<\/em><\/p>\n

26 September 1842<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard, Marquess Wellesley died at Brompton aged 82.\u00a0Formerly governor general of Bengal and lord lieutenant of Ireland, he was the elder brother of the Duke of Wellington<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>26 September 1969<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Beatles\u2019 last recorded album,\u00a0Abbey Road,<\/em>\u00a0is released on both sides of the Atlantic, going straight to number one in the charts.<\/p>\n

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