Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

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

1797  On February - 26 bank of England issues first £1-note   

1797  First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England on this day in history.   

1797  On February - 26 bank of England issues 1st £1-note   

1798  David Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi on February - 26.   

1802  On February - 26 the birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 26.   

1815  On February - 26 napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba   

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 this day in history.   

1825  Hans Balatka, composer on this day in history.   

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

1834  On February - 26 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  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  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  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 February - 26 aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman on this day in history.   

1846  William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes on February - 26.   

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  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

1672  On February - 26 birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

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

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  On this day in history 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 February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1324  On February - 26 dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies   

1360  On this day in history death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

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