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  On this day in history 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  Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

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

1813  Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on February - 26.   

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

1815  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba   

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 February - 26.   

1825  Hans Balatka, composer on February - 26.   

1827  On February - 26 david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  On this day in history filippo Marchetti, composer   

1832  Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I on this day in history.   

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

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

1834  On this day in history aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

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

1837  Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice on February - 26.   

1838  Rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels on February - 26.   

1838  On this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

1839  On this day in history jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

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

1841  On February - 26 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

1842  On this day in history camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy   

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on this day in history.   

1846  On February - 26 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 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  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1671  On February - 26 birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

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

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history 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  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

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