Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

1794  On February - 26 christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.   

1797  On this day in history bank of England issues first £1-note   

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  On February - 26 david Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi   

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

1802  On February - 26 victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)   

1804  Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad on February - 26.   

1810  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1824  On this day in history carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)   

1825  Hans Balatka, composer on February - 26.   

1827  On this day in history david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  On this day in history filippo Marchetti, composer   

1832  On this day in history polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I   

1832  John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) on this day in history.   

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

1834  Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 26 richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)   

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  On February - 26 jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

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  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on February - 26.   

1845  On February - 26 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  On this day in history birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On February - 26 birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on February - 26.   

1677  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  On February - 26 birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

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 February - 26.   

1266  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on February - 26.   

1324  On February - 26 dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies   

1360  On February - 26 death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  On this day in history worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on February - 26.