Page 3: Historical Events In February - 26

1848  On February - 26 2nd French Republic proclaimed   

1852  British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die on February - 26.   

1852  On February - 26 john Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry   

1857  Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) on this day in history.   

1857  Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1859  On February - 26 paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins   

1859  On February - 26 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

1861  Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Woodburn, KY on February - 26.   

1863  On February - 26 lincoln signs National Currency Act   

1866  New York Legislature establishes NYC Metropolitan Board of Health on February - 26.   

1866  On February - 26 new York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health   

1866  On this day in history herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)   

1867  Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America) on February - 26.   

1868  Leonard Borwick, British(?) pianist on this day in history.   

1869  On February - 26 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states   

1869  On February - 26 franz Schubert's "4th Tragic," premieres   

1869  Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin on February - 26.   

1870  First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) on February - 26.   

1870  On this day in history 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)   

1870  On February - 26 wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched   

1871  On February - 26 charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76   

1873  On this day in history ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist   

1874  Carl Vogler, composer on this day in history.   

1875  On February - 26 emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway)   

1876  Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)   

1879  Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten on February - 26.   

1881  On February - 26 natal British troops under General-Major Colley occupy Majuba Hill   

1881  SS Ceylon begins first round-the-world cruise from Liverpool on February - 26.   

1881  On this day in history -27] Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill   

1882  On this day in history walter Lucht, German artillery general (WW I/WW II)   

1883  Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetism) on February - 26.   

1884  On February - 26 british & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

1587  On February - 26 birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

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

1672  On February - 26 birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)   

1675  On February - 26 birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

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  On this day in history 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 February - 26.   

1200  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

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