Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

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

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  Bank of England issues 1st £1-note on this day in history.   

1798  David Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi on this day in history.   

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

1810  On February - 26 johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60   

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 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  On this day in history carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)   

1825  On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

1827  David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 on February - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 26 charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice   

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

1588  Nicolaus Erich, composer was born on February - 26.   

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

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on February - 26.   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1076  On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered   

1154  On this day in history rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.   

1266  On this day in history manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

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  On this day in history worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

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