Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

1794  On this day in history christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.   

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

1797  On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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

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

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 February - 26.   

1810  On this day in history johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60   

1813  Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1825  On this day in history hans Balatka, composer   

1827  On February - 26 david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  On February - 26 filippo Marchetti, composer   

1832  On February - 26 polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I   

1832  On February - 26 john George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)   

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

1834  Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on February - 26.   

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

1837  Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice on this day in history.   

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

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  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  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1848  On February - 26 2nd French Republic forms   

1848  Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on February - 26.   

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1361  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on this day in history.   

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

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on this day in history.   

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

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