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  On February - 26 bank of England issues 1st £1-note  

1798  On February - 26 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 this day in history.  

1802  On February - 26 victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)  

1804  Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad on February - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1815  On February - 26 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  On this day in history carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)  

1825  Hans Balatka, composer on February - 26.  

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

1831  Filippo Marchetti, composer on February - 26.  

1832  Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I on February - 26.  

1832  John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) on February - 26.  

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

1834  Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on February - 26.  

1835  On this day in history richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)  

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

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

1838  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on this day in history.  

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 February - 26.  

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  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.  

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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