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

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

1813  Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on February - 26.   

1815  Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France on February - 26.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history john P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66   

1824  Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on this day in history.   

1825  On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

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

1831  On February - 26 filippo Marchetti, composer   

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  1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified on February - 26.   

1834  On this day in history aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

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  On February - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1842  On February - 26 camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy   

1845  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer   

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

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

1848  2nd French Republic forms on this day in history.   

1848  On February - 26 marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto"   

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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 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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1360  On February - 26 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 February - 26.   

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