Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

1794  On February - 26 christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

1810  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 on February - 26.   

1813  On February - 26 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  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 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  On this day in history 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 February - 26.   

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

1838  On February - 26 wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

1839  On this day in history jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

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

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

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on February - 26.   

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on this day in history.   

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

1846  On February - 26 william F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes   

1848  On February - 26 2nd French Republic forms   

1848  On this day in history 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  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1672  On this day in history 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  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.   

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

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 February - 26.   

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 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 February - 26.