Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

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

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

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

1797  Bank of England issues 1st £1-note on this day in history.   

1798  David Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi on February - 26.   

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 February - 26 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

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

1813  Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 February - 26 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 February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

1827  David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 on February - 26.   

1831  Filippo Marchetti, composer on February - 26.   

1832  Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I on February - 26.   

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

1834  1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified on February - 26.   

1834  On this day in history aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  On this day in history richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)   

1837  On this day in history charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice   

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

1838  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer on this day in history.   

1839  On February - 26 jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

1839  On February - 26 jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

1841  Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt) on this day in history.   

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on February - 26.   

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on this day in history.   

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

1846  William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes on this day in history.   

1848  On February - 26 2nd French Republic forms   

1848  On February - 26 marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto"   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

1587  On this day in history 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  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

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 February - 26.   

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer