Historical Events In February - 26

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

1797  Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history the birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright   

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 February - 26.   

1813  On this day in history 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 February - 26.   

1823  John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 on February - 26.   

1824  Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on February - 26.   

1825  On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

1827  David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 on February - 26.   

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

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

1834  On this day in history aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) on February - 26.   

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

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  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  On February - 26 aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman on February - 26.   

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  Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on February - 26.   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on this day in history.   

1587  On February - 26 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  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

1675  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

1677  On this day in history birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  On this day in history manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

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

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on this day in history.