Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

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

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

1797  On February - 26 first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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 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  Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad on this day in history.   

1810  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1813  On February - 26 robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66   

1815  Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France on this day in history.   

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

1825  Hans Balatka, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history john George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)   

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

1834  Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on this day in history.   

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

1837  On February - 26 charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice   

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

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

1841  On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

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

1845  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  On February - 26 the birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman   

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

1848  2nd French Republic forms on this day in history.   

1848  Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on this day in history.   

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1361  On February - 26 birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

1677  On February - 26 birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat   

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

1154  On this day in history rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  On this day in history death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

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  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on February - 26.   

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