Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 26
On March 26:
- 1027 - Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1707 - The Act of Union became law, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1942 - Holocaust: In Poland, Auschwitz received its first female prisoners.
- 1971 - East Pakistan declared independence and became Bangladesh.
- 1999 - The Melissa worm infected email systems around the world.