Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

1794  Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down on this day in history.   

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

1797  First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England on February - 26.   

1797  Bank of England issues 1st £1-note on February - 26.   

1798  On this day in history david Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi   

1802  The birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright on February - 26.   

1802  On this day in history victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)   

1804  On February - 26 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

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  On this day in history napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France   

1815  On this day in history 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 February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

1827  On this day in history david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  On February - 26 filippo Marchetti, composer   

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

1832  John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1838  On February - 26 wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

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

1839  Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.   

1841  Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt) on February - 26.   

1842  On February - 26 camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy   

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on February - 26.   

1846  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 2nd French Republic forms   

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

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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 February - 26.   

1671  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)   

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

1675  On February - 26 birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

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

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

1076  On February - 26 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered   

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies   

1360  On February - 26 death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  On this day in history worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

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