Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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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