Page 3: Historical Events In February - 09
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes 

1846 Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies 

1849 Roman Republic declared. 

1849 Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76. 

1853 Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony 

1854 Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician 

1857 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 

1860 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63. 

1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states. 

1861 Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and Vice President of CSA. 

1861 Tennessee votes against secession 

1861 Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and VP of CSA. 

1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane 

1863 Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist. 

1865 Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl 

1866 George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang). 

1867 Nebraska is recorded as becoming 37th US state. 

1867 Edward Naylor, composer 

1870 Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service. 

1870 US Army establishes US National Weather Service 

1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 

1871 Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood). 

1874 Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed). 

1874 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 

1875 Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer. 

1876 Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920) 

1877 US weather service established. 

1879 Carl Natanael Berg, composer. 

1881 Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at 59 

1882 Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12) 

1884 Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician). 

1885 The inaugural Japanese arrive in Hawaii 

1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii. 

1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!. 

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