On 26 August 1901 the Donibristle Mining Disaster occurred

In 1901 the Donibristle Mining Disaster occurred in the Fife coalfield. The disaster occurred when part of Mossmorran peat bog near Cowdenbeath collapsed on sixteen miners 360 feet underground. Four miners were lost, as was a four-strong rescue party. All the bodies were eventually recovered but some remained underground until the December of that year. (Scotsclan)

• 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.