Historical Events In February - 26

1794  Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down on February - 26.   

1797  Bank of England issues first £1-note on February - 26.   

1797  First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England on this day in history.   

1797  On February - 26 bank of England issues 1st £1-note   

1798  David Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi on this day in history.   

1802  The birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright on this day in history.   

1802  Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) on February - 26.   

1804  On this day in history vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

1810  On February - 26 johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60   

1813  On this day in history robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66   

1815  On February - 26 napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba on February - 26.   

1823  On this day in history john P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66   

1824  Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history hans Balatka, composer   

1827  On February - 26 david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  Filippo Marchetti, composer on this day in history.   

1832  On February - 26 polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I   

1832  On February - 26 john George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)   

1834  On this day in history 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified   

1834  On February - 26 aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) on this day in history.   

1837  Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels   

1838  On February - 26 wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

1839  Jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.   

1839  Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.   

1841  On February - 26 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

1842  On February - 26 camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy   

1845  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  On this day in history the birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman   

1846  On this day in history william F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes   

1848  On this day in history 2nd French Republic forms   

1848  Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on February - 26.   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on this day in history.   

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer