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Created page with "{{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== === Pre-colonial period (before 1890) === * c. 1780 – Luba-Lunda oral tradition recounts a royal succession dispute resolved by ceremonial duel during the dry season near modern-day Mwinilunga. * 26 August 1853 – David Livingstone documents a solar halo phenomenon while traveling near the Kafue River. === Colonial era (1890–1964) === * 26 August 1902 – British South Africa Company establishes tax outposts in Fort..."
 
 
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* 26 August 1999 – Zambian Evangelical Fellowship issues pastoral letter on moral decline and governance.
* 26 August 1999 – Zambian Evangelical Fellowship issues pastoral letter on moral decline and governance.
* 26 August 2022 – Anglican Church installs Rev. Matilda Mulenga as Zambia’s first female bishop.
* 26 August 2022 – Anglican Church installs Rev. Matilda Mulenga as Zambia’s first female bishop.
=== Astronomical data – 26 August 2025 ===
* Sunrise: 06:17 
* Sunset: 17:55 
* Moonrise: 09:27 
* Moonset: 21:12


== Sources and further reading ==
== Sources and further reading ==