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'''[[September 26]]''' is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining.

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'''Dragons''' are an intelligent race that inhabit [[Alagaësia]], a fictional [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy world]] created by [[Christopher Paolini]]. They are a key part of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', in which dragons are a nearly extinct and magical race.

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==Events Overview ==

Dragons have lived in [[Alagaësia]] since ancient times with the [[Alagaësia#Dwarves|Dwarves]]. The skin of a Dragon is nearly impenetrable, though the thin membrane of the wings can be easily pierced. Their scales glitter like gems, although each Dragon only has one scale color. They also have the same eye color as their scales, and their teeth and neck spikes are bone white. The Dragons breath flame the color of their scales, and some can impressively hold the flame for over an hour. The older the dragon grows, the longer they can hold the flame. They never stop growing until their death.

*[[46 BC]] - [[Julius Caesar]] dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in fulfilment of a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.

[[Image:Eragon_Saphira_Poster.jpg|250px|thumb|300px|Saphira, the dragon protagonist of the series, as shown in the [[Eragon (film)|film version]] of ''Eragon''.]]

*[[1580]] - Sir [[Francis Drake]] circumnavigates the globe.

*[[1687]] - The [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]] is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from [[Republic of Venice|Venetian forces]] led by [[Francesco Morosini|Morosini]] who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

Since the Dragons are bound to Alagaësia, they possess magical properties. Strange things seem to happen around Dragons - people live longer, the earth changes, and things of that nature, yet no one knows how it happens. It is possible these things happen because the Dragon's magic, which permeates every inch of their body. They cannot willingly use their magic, except for their fire. However, when using magic, their strength is unparalleled.

*[[1777]] - [[Great Britain|British]] troops occupy [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] during the [[American Revolution]].

*[[1789]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]] is appointed the first [[United States Secretary of State]], [[John Jay]] is appointed the first [[United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice|Chief Justice of the United States]], [[Samuel Osgood]] is appointed the first [[United States Postmaster General]], and [[Edmund Randolph]] is appointed the first [[United States Attorney General]].

*[[1810]] - A new [[Swedish Act of Succession|Act of Succession]] is adopted by the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] and [[Charles XIV of Sweden|Jean Baptiste Bernadotte]] becomes heir to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] throne.

*[[1907]] - [[New Zealand]] and [[Newfoundland]] each becomes a [[dominion]] of the [[British Empire]].

*[[1914]] - The US [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) is established by the [[Federal Trade Commission Act]].

*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Meuse-Argonne Offensive|Battle of Meuse]].

*[[1934]] - Steamship [[RMS Queen Mary|RMS ''Queen Mary'']] is launched.

*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: [[Operation Market Garden]] fails.

*[[1950]] - [[United Nations]] troops recapture [[Seoul]] from the [[North Korea]]ns.

*[[1957]] - [[Leonard Bernstein|Leonard Bernstein's]] ''[[West Side Story]]'' opens on [[Broadway]]

*[[1960]] - In [[Chicago, Illinois]], the first [[Television|televised]] debate takes place between presidential candidates [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].

*[[1961]] - [[Bob Dylan]] makes his public debut.

*[[1962]] - [[Yemen Arab Republic]] is proclaimed

*[[1962]] - Premiere of ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' on [[CBS]].

*[[1969]] - The [[Chicago Seven]] trial begins.

*[[1969]] - [[The Beatles]] album ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]'' is released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].

*[[1973]] - [[Concorde]] makes its first non-stop crossing of the [[Atlantic]] in record-breaking time.

*[[1970]] - The [[Laguna Fire]] starts in [[San Diego County]], [[California]], burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).

*[[1981]] - [[Baseball]]: [[Nolan Ryan]] sets a [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

*[[1983]] - [[USSR|Soviet]] military officer [[Stanislav Petrov]] averts a worldwide nuclear war.

* 1983 - ''Australia II'', the first non-American winner, wins the [[Americas Cup]].

*[[1984]] - [[United Kingdom]] agrees handover of [[Hong Kong]].

*[[1988]] - [[Ben Johnson (athlete)|Ben Johnson]] is stripped of his [[gold medal]] in the [[100 metres|100 m]] [[Sprint (race)|sprint]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul Olympics]] for [[Doping (sport)|failing a drug test]].

*[[1991]] - [[Biosphere 2]] opens.

*[[1997]] - A [[Garuda Indonesia]] [[Airbus A-300]] crashes near Medan, [[Indonesia]], airport, killing 234

* 1997 - An [[earthquake]] strikes the Italian regions of [[Umbria]] and the [[Marche]], causing part of the [[Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi|Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi]] to collapse.

*[[2001]] - ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' begins airing in the US.

*[[2002]] - Thirty people are killed in a gun attack at a temple in [[Gandhinagar]], [[India]]

*2002 - Five people are shot dead in a botched bank robbery in [[Norfolk, Nebraska]], [[United States]].

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*[[2003]] - [[Nupedia]], an earlier form of Wikipedia, was shut down. --->

== BirthsHistory ==

Before the formation of the Dragon Riders, a young elf hunted and killed a dragon like it was a common animal. The Dragons banded together and furiously attacked the Elves, leading into war.

* [[1774]] - [[Johnny Appleseed]], American environmentalist (d. [[1847]])

* [[1791]] - [[Théodore Géricault]], French writer (d. [[1824]])

* [[1869]] - [[Komitas]], Armenian composer (d. [[1935]])

* [[1870]] - King [[Christian X of Denmark]] (d. [[1947]])

* [[1871]] - [[Winsor McCay]], American cartoonist (d. [[1934]])

* [[1873]] - [[Aleksey Shchusev]], Russian architect (d. [[1949]])

* [[1874]] - [[Lewis Hine]], American photographer and social activist (d. [[1940]])

* [[1877]] - [[Alfred Cortot]], Swiss pianist (d. [[1962]])

* [[1875]] - [[Edmund Gwenn]], Welsh actor (d. [[1959]])

* [[1876]] - [[Edith Abbott]], American social worker, educator, and author (d. [[1957]])

* [[1887]] - [[Antonio Moreno]], Spanish-born actor (d. [[1967]])

* 1887 - [[Barnes Wallis|Sir Barnes Neville Wallis]], FRS, British scientist, engineer and inventor (d. [[1979]])

* [[1888]] - [[J. Frank Dobie]], American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. [[1964]])

* 1888 - [[T. S. Eliot]], American poet and editor (d. [[1965]])

* [[1889]] - [[Martin Heidegger]], German philosopher (d. [[1976]])

* [[1891]] - [[Charles Munch]], French conductor and violinist (d. [[1968]])

* [[1895]] - [[George Raft]], American actor (d. [[1980]])

* [[1897]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] (d. [[1978]])

* [[1897]] - [[Arthur Rhys Davids]], English pilot (d. [[1917]])

* [[1898]] - [[George Gershwin]], American composer (d. [[1937]])

* [[1914]] - [[Jack LaLanne]], American fitness advocate

* [[1925]] - [[Marty Robbins]], American singer (d. [[1982]])

* [[1926]] - [[Masatoshi Koshiba]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate

* 1926 - [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (d. [[2000]])

* [[1930]] - [[Fritz Wunderlich]], German tenor (d. [[1966]])

* [[1932]] - [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]], [[Prime Minister of India]]

* 1932 - [[Richard Herd]], American actor

* [[1933]] - [[Donna Douglas]], American actress

* [[1936]] - [[Winnie Mandela]], South African anti-apartheid activist

* [[1943]] - [[Ian Chappell]], Australian test cricket player and broadcaster

* [[1944]] - [[Anne Robinson]], British television host

* [[1945]] - [[Bryan Ferry]], British singer

* [[1946]] - [[Christine Todd Whitman]], American politician

* [[1947]] - [[Lynn Anderson]], American singer

* [[1948]] - [[Olivia Newton-John]], Australian singer

* [[1951]] - [[Stuart Tosh]], Scottish musician

* [[1954]] - [[Kevin Kennedy (baseball)|Kevin Kennedy]], baseball manager and television host

* [[1956]] - [[Linda Hamilton]], American actress

* [[1962]] - [[Melissa Sue Anderson]], American actress

* [[1967]] - [[Shannon Hoon]], American singer ([[Blind Melon]]) (d. [[1995]])

* [[1968]] - [[James Caviezel]], American actor

* [[1973]] - [[Chris Small]], Scottish snooker player

* [[1975]] - [[Emma Härdelin]], Swedish singer ([[Garmarna]] and [[Triakel]])

* [[1976]] - [[Michael Ballack]], German footballer

* [[1981]] - [[Christina Milian]], American actress and singer

* 1981 - [[Serena Williams]], American tennis player

Five years into the war, an Elf called [[Eragon I|Eragon]] found a white Dragon egg and raised the hatchling within, naming him Bid'Daum ; it was they who stopped the war, allowing peace to follow. In order to prevent another war, the Dragons connected their souls with the Elves, changing both races. Dragons gained the use of language and other trappings of civilization, as well as becoming less fierce. Since Humans came afterwards, the Human Riders were never affected by the Dragons as greatly as the Elves were.

==Deaths==

*[[1626]] - [[Wakisaka Yasuharu]], Japanese warrior (b. [[1554]])

*[[1763]] - [[John Byrom]], English poet (b. [[1692]])

*[[1764]] - [[Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro]], Spanish scholar (b. [[1767]])

*[[1802]] - Baron [[Jurij Vega]], Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and military officer (b. [[1754]])

*[[1820]] - [[Daniel Boone]], American frontiersman (b. [[1734]])

*[[1868]] - [[August Ferdinand Möbius]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1790]])

*[[1877]] - [[Hermann Grassmann]], German mathematician and physicist (b. [[1809]])

*[[1904]] - [[John F. Stairs]], Canadian businessman and statesman (b. [[1848]])

*[[1937]] - [[Bessie Smith]], American singer (b. [[1894]])

*[[1945]] - [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1881]])

*[[1947]] - [[Hugh Lofting]], British writer (b. [[1886]])

*[[1952]] - [[George Santayana]], Spanish philosopher (b. [[1863]])

*[[1978]] - [[Manne Siegbahn]], Swedish physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1886]])

*[[1998]] - [[Betty Carter]], American singer (b. [[1930]])

*[[2003]] - [[Robert Palmer (British singer)|Robert Palmer]], British singer (b. [[1949]])

*[[2005]] - [[Don Adams]], actor (b. [[1923]])

== As mounts for Dragon Riders ==

==Holidays and observations==

The few Humans and Elves who ride Dragons like the Elf [[Eragon I]] are aptly called [[Dragon Riders]]. Dragons give their Riders "shining palms," a silver mark, or the "[[gedwey ignasia]]" as a result of the first physical contact between rider and dragon. Dragons communicate telepathically with their Riders, and house incredible magic that can combine with that of the Rider. Dragons are immortal and can also allow their Riders to be nearly immortal; old age will seldom kill them, although wounds or poison can. Over time the link between the dragon and rider will change the rider's appearance.

*[[Calendar of Saints]] - [[Sts. Cosmas and Damian]]

== major dragons==

Also see [[September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]

*[[Discordianism]] - Bureflux

*[http://www.ecml.at/edl/ European Day of Languages]

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== External links ==

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/26 BBC: On This Day]

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'''Glaedr''' (Pronounced Glay-Dur) is a male golden [[Dragon (Inheritance)|dragon]] in [[Christopher Paolini]]'s ''[[Inheritance (trilogy)|Inheritance Trilogy]]''. He first appears in ''[[Eldest]]'', the second book of the trilogy. His [[Dragon Riders|Rider]] is [[Oromis]], who also is called ''Osthato Chetowä''—"The Mourning Sage" and ''Togira Ikonoka'' - "The Cripple Who Is Whole."

[[September 25]] - [[September 27]] - [[August 26]] - [[October 26]] - more [[historical anniversaries]]

Glaedr is the oldest dragon in the trilogy, senior even to Galbatorix's black dragon [[Shruikan]]. He is three times larger than Saphira, the [[Eragon|main character's]] dragon. Like his Rider, Glaedr is disabled——his left foreleg is nothing but a white stump in place. Glaedr and Oromis live in Du Weldenvarden, a forest in the north of [[Alagaesia]], the world in which the trilogy takes place. The two hid during [[The Fall (Inheritance)|The Fall]] when the dragon riders and dragons were being killed by a rebellious rider named [[Galbatorix]], for if Glaedr and Oromis had died before one of the remaining dragon eggs had hatched, then there would be no one left to pass on the secrets to the new Rider.

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Oromis and Glaedr tutored the young riders [[Morzan]] and [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]].

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==Role==

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In ''[[Eldest]]'', Glaedr becomes [[Saphira]]'s teacher and the object of her affections. Oromis trains Saphira's Rider, [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]]. [[Saphira]] thinks that Glaedr will be her mate, but he rejects her. In this, Glaedr and Saphira have a fight which Saphira starts by scratching Glaedr in the right forleg. Glaedr respondes by biting Saphira in the thigh. Glaedr believes that the young female is meant for one of the unhatched dragon eggs. Later, on [[Eragon]]'s advice, Saphira apologizes to Glaedr.

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[[bg:26 септември]]

== Role in the Inheritance Trilogy ==

[[be:26 верасьня]]

In the events of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', there are Dragons on each side of the war - [[Galbatorix]] houses one green unhatched Dragon egg and his own Dragon, [[Shruikan]]; under Galbatorix's control is [[Murtagh]] and his dragon [[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]]. Fighting against Galbatorix for the [[Varden]] is [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]] and his dragon [[Saphira]], the last female dragon. Another Dragon is [[Glaedr]], who is the Dragon of [[Oromis]], the oldest remaining Rider, who is an Elf.

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So far, the only dragon colors known are green (new dragon-unknown rider), blue ([[Saphira]] - [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]], [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]]), red ([[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]] - [[Murtagh]]) and, we can assume [[Morzan]] since riders swords are the same color as their dragon), gold ([[Glaedr]] - [[Oromis]]), black ([[Shruikan]] - [[Galbatorix]]), white ([[Bid'Daum]] - Eragon the elf), brown (Mentioned by the elf Rhunon and[[ Brom]] tells [[Eragon]] that [[Miremel]] was brown), and purple (Mentioned by CP in an interview).

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Here is a chart of the known dragons and their riders.

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Dragons Rider Color

[[cy:26 Medi]]

[[da:26. september]]

#Unknown / Unknown / Green

[[de:26. September]]

#Thorn /Murtagh /Red

[[et:26. september]]

#Saphira (2) / Eragon (2) / Blue

[[el:26 Σεπτεμβρίου]]

#Saphira (1) / Brom / Blue

[[es:26 de septiembre]]

#Shrukian / Galbatorix /Black

[[eo:26-a de septembro]]

#Glaedr / Oromis /Gold

[[eu:Irailaren 26]]

#Bid'daum /Eragon (1) / White

[[fo:26. september]]

#Unknown but probaly also named Thorn / Morzan / Red

[[fr:26 septembre]]

#lormungr / Unknown / Unknown

[[fy:26 septimber]]

#vervada / none / Unknown

[[ga:26 Meán Fómhair]]

The (1) indicates the First Eragon or Saphira- the original rider and Brom's dragon and the (2) indicates the main character Eragon in the first and second book.

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[[ko:9월 26일]]

Here is a list of all the other known dragons mentioned by Brom in book 1 (Eragon):

[[hr:26. rujna]]

[[io:26 di septembro]]

#Jura

[[id:26 September]]

#Fundor (Who fought the giant sea snake)

[[ia:26 de septembre]]

#Galzra

[[is:26. september]]

#Briam

[[it:26 settembre]]

#Ohen the Strong

[[he:26 בספטמבר]]

#Gretiem

[[jv:26 September]]

#Beroan

[[ka:26 სექტემბერი]]

#Roslarb

[[csb:26 séwnika]]

#Vanilor (male)

[[ku:26'ê rezberê]]

#Eridor (male)

[[lt:Rugsėjo 26]]

#Ingothold (male)

[[lb:26. September]]

#Miremel (female, brown dragon)

[[hu:Szeptember 26]]

#Opheila (female)

[[mk:26 септември]]

#Lenora (female)

[[nl:26 september]]

[[Category:Fictional dragons]]

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[[no:26. september]]

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Saphira's parents were Iormunger and Vervada. Iormunger was a rider's dragon but Vervada was a wild female dragon who only gave 1 egg to the riders.

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[[th:26 กันยายน]]

[[tr:26 Eylül]]

[[uk:26 вересня]]

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