Historical Events In February - 26

1794  Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down on February - 26.   

1797  On this day in history bank of England issues first £1-note   

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

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

1815  On this day in history napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba on February - 26.   

1823  On February - 26 john P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66   

1824  On February - 26 carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)   

1825  On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

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

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

1834  On February - 26 aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  On February - 26 richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)   

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 this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

1839  On February - 26 jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

1839  On February - 26 jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)   

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

1842  On this day in history camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy   

1845  On February - 26 aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman on February - 26.   

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

1848  On February - 26 2nd French Republic forms   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

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

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer