Page 2: Historical Events In February - 26

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

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

1797  On February - 26 first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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

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 February - 26 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

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

1831  On February - 26 filippo Marchetti, composer   

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

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  Aleksander Zarzycki, composer on February - 26.   

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

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

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 February - 26.   

1839  On February - 26 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  On February - 26 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1846  On February - 26 the birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman   

1846  On this day in history william F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes   

1848  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

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 February - 26.   

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 February - 26.   

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

1266  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

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

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