Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26
Saturday, 10 May 2025
1794 On this day in history christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.
1797 Bank of England issues first £1-note on February - 26.
1797 On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England
1797 On February - 26 bank of England issues 1st £1-note
1798 On this day in history david Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi
1802 On February - 26 the birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright
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 Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1815 Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France on this day in history.
1815 On February - 26 napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba
1823 John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1824 Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on February - 26.
1825 On this day in history hans Balatka, composer
1827 On February - 26 david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
1831 On February - 26 filippo Marchetti, composer
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 February - 26 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
1834 Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on February - 26.
1835 Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) on February - 26.
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 this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer
1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on February - 26.
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 February - 26.
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 Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on February - 26.
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