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February 26th, 2008 (February 26 2008) | Death | Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies; born in 1947) | |
February 26th, 2008 (February 26 2008) | Death | Dick Fletcher, Meteorologist (b.1942) | |
February 26th, 2008 (February 26 2008) | Death | Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician | |
February 26th, 2005 (February 26 2005) | Event | Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution. | |
February 26th, 2005 (February 26 2005) | Death | Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (born in 1943) | Jef Raskin Quotes |
February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Event | The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years. | |
February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Event | Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Death | Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (born in 1920) | |
February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Death | Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (born in 1905) | |
February 26th, 2004 (February 26 2004) | Death | Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (born in 1956) | |
February 26th, 2003 (February 26 2003) | Death | Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (born in 1928) | |
February 26th, 2002 (February 26 2002) | Death | Lawrence Tierney, American actor (born in 1919) | |
February 26th, 2001 (February 26 2001) | Event | The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan. | |
February 26th, 2001 (February 26 2001) | Death | Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (born in 1906) | |
February 26th, 2000 (February 26 2000) | Death | George L. Street III American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient.(born in 1913) | |
February 26th, 1998 (February 26 1998) | Death | James Algar, American film director, screenwriter and producer (born in 1912) | |
February 26th, 1998 (February 26 1998) | Death | Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1902) | |
February 26th, 1997 (February 26 1997) | Death | David Doyle, American actor (born in 1929) | |
February 26th, 1995 (February 26 1995) | Event | The United Kingdom s oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. | Ang Lee Quotes |
February 26th, 1995 (February 26 1995) | Death | Jack Clayton, British film director (born in 1921) | |
February 26th, 1994 (February 26 1994) | Death | Bill Hicks, American comedian (born in 1961) | Bill Hicks Quotes |
February 26th, 1993 (February 26 1993) | Event | World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. | |
February 26th, 1993 (February 26 1993) | Birth | Taylor Dooley, American actress | |
February 26th, 1993 (February 26 1993) | Death | Constance Ford, American actress (born in 1923) | |
February 26th, 1991 (February 26 1991) | Event | Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
February 26th, 1990 (February 26 1990) | Event | The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections. | |
February 26th, 1990 (February 26 1990) | Death | Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (born in 1938) | |
February 26th, 1989 (February 26 1989) | Death | Roy Eldridge, American musician (born in 1911) | |
February 26th, 1987 (February 26 1987) | Event | Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
February 26th, 1987 (February 26 1987) | Birth | Julia Bond, American porn star | |
February 26th, 1986 (February 26 1986) | Event | People Power Revolution in the Philippines. | |
February 26th, 1986 (February 26 1986) | Birth | Crystal Kay, Japanese singer | |
February 26th, 1986 (February 26 1986) | Birth | Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress | |
February 26th, 1985 (February 26 1985) | Birth | Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger | |
February 26th, 1985 (February 26 1985) | Death | Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | |
February 26th, 1984 (February 26 1984) | Event | US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
February 26th, 1984 (February 26 1984) | Birth | Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer | |
February 26th, 1984 (February 26 1984) | Birth | Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer | |
February 26th, 1983 (February 26 1983) | Birth | Kara Monaco, American model | |
February 26th, 1982 (February 26 1982) | Birth | Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress | |
February 26th, 1981 (February 26 1981) | Birth | Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver | |
February 26th, 1981 (February 26 1981) | Birth | Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer | |
February 26th, 1981 (February 26 1981) | Death | Howard Hanson, American composer (born in 1896) | |
February 26th, 1981 (February 26 1981) | Death | Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (born in 1914) | |
February 26th, 1980 (February 26 1980) | Birth | Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer | |
February 26th, 1980 (February 26 1980) | Birth | Gary Majewski, Major League Baseball player | |
February 26th, 1979 (February 26 1979) | Birth | Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer | |
February 26th, 1979 (February 26 1979) | Birth | Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver | |
February 26th, 1979 (February 26 1979) | Birth | Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer | |
February 26th, 1979 (February 26 1979) | Birth | Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor | |
February 26th, 1978 (February 26 1978) | Birth | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer | |
February 26th, 1978 (February 26 1978) | Birth | Marc Hynes, British racing driver | |
February 26th, 1978 (February 26 1978) | Birth | John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer" | |
February 26th, 1977 (February 26 1977) | Birth | Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player | |
February 26th, 1977 (February 26 1977) | Birth | Greg Rikaart, American actor | |
February 26th, 1977 (February 26 1977) | Birth | Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player | |
February 26th, 1977 (February 26 1977) | Birth | Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player | |
February 26th, 1976 (February 26 1976) | Birth | Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver | |
February 26th, 1976 (February 26 1976) | Birth | Chad Urmston, American musician | |
February 26th, 1974 (February 26 1974) | Birth | Sebastien Loeb, French rally driver | |
February 26th, 1973 (February 26 1973) | Birth | Marshall Faulk, American football player | |
February 26th, 1973 (February 26 1973) | Birth | Ole Gunnar Solskj?r, Norwegian footballer | |
February 26th, 1973 (February 26 1973) | Birth | Jenny Thompson, American swimmer | |
February 26th, 1972 (February 26 1972) | Event | The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. | |
February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Event | Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. | U Thant Quotes |
February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Birth | Erykah Badu, American singer | |
February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Birth | Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer | |
February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Birth | Helene Segara, French singer | |
February 26th, 1971 (February 26 1971) | Death | Fernandel, French actor (born in 1903) | |
February 26th, 1970 (February 26 1970) | Event | National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation. | |
February 26th, 1969 (February 26 1969) | Birth | Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer | Saki Quotes |
February 26th, 1969 (February 26 1969) | Death | Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (born in 1895) | |
February 26th, 1969 (February 26 1969) | Death | Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (born in 1883) | |
February 26th, 1968 (February 26 1968) | Birth | Tim Commerford, American bass player (Rage Against the Machine) | |
February 26th, 1968 (February 26 1968) | Birth | Ed Quinn, American Actor | |
February 26th, 1968 (February 26 1968) | Birth | J.T. Snow, American baseball player | |
February 26th, 1967 (February 26 1967) | Birth | Currie Graham, Canadian actor | |
February 26th, 1966 (February 26 1966) | Event | Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket | |
February 26th, 1966 (February 26 1966) | Birth | Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer | |
February 26th, 1966 (February 26 1966) | Death | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter and writer (born in 1883) | |
February 26th, 1964 (February 26 1964) | Birth | Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist | Martial Quotes |
February 26th, 1962 (February 26 1962) | Birth | Kelly Gruber, former Major League Baseball player | |
February 26th, 1961 (February 26 1961) | Death | King Mohammed V of Morocco (born in 1909) | |
February 26th, 1960 (February 26 1960) | Birth | Jaz Coleman, British musician | |
February 26th, 1959 (February 26 1959) | Birth | Rolando Blackman, American basketball player | |
February 26th, 1958 (February 26 1958) | Birth | Karen Berger, American comic book editor | Ric Berger Quotes |
February 26th, 1958 (February 26 1958) | Birth | Michel Houellebecq, French novelist | |
February 26th, 1958 (February 26 1958) | Birth | Greg Germann, American actor | |
February 26th, 1957 (February 26 1957) | Birth | David Muldrow Beasley, American politician | |
February 26th, 1957 (February 26 1957) | Birth | Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player | |
February 26th, 1956 (February 26 1956) | Birth | Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer | |
February 26th, 1954 (February 26 1954) | Birth | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey | |
February 26th, 1953 (February 26 1953) | Birth | Michael Bolton, American singer | |
February 26th, 1952 (February 26 1952) | Event | United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
February 26th, 1950 (February 26 1950) | Birth | Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
February 26th, 1950 (February 26 1950) | Birth | Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys) | |
February 26th, 1950 (February 26 1950) | Death | Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer, Knighted for WWI War Work (born in 1870) | |
February 26th, 1949 (February 26 1949) | Birth | Elizabeth George, American novelist | |
February 26th, 1949 (February 26 1949) | Birth | Emma Kirkby, British early music singer | |
February 26th, 1947 (February 26 1947) | Birth | Sandie Shaw, English singer | |
February 26th, 1947 (February 26 1947) | Death | Heinrich Haberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (born in 1868) | |
February 26th, 1946 (February 26 1946) | Birth | Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate | |
February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (died in 2006) | |
February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (died in 1981) | |
February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician | |
February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress | |
February 26th, 1945 (February 26 1945) | Birth | Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels) | |
February 26th, 1943 (February 26 1943) | Birth | Bill Duke, American actor and director | |
February 26th, 1943 (February 26 1943) | Birth | Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer | |
February 26th, 1943 (February 26 1943) | Death | Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (born in 1892) | |
February 26th, 1941 (February 26 1941) | Birth | Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (died in 1972) | |
February 26th, 1939 (February 26 1939) | Birth | Josephine Tewson, English actress | |
February 26th, 1938 (February 26 1938) | Birth | Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (died in 1957) | |
February 26th, 1937 (February 26 1937) | Birth | Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (died in 1997) | |
February 26th, 1936 (February 26 1936) | Event | In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. | |
February 26th, 1935 (February 26 1935) | Event | The Luftwaffe is re-formed. | |
February 26th, 1935 (February 26 1935) | Event | The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom. | |
February 26th, 1934 (February 26 1934) | Birth | Robert Novak, American political columnist | |
February 26th, 1933 (February 26 1933) | Death | Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (born in 1853) | |
February 26th, 1932 (February 26 1932) | Birth | Johnny Cash, American singer (died in 2003) | Johnny Cash Quotes |
February 26th, 1931 (February 26 1931) | Birth | Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (died in 2004) | |
February 26th, 1931 (February 26 1931) | Death | Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1847) | |
February 26th, 1930 (February 26 1930) | Birth | Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (died in 2005) | |
February 26th, 1929 (February 26 1929) | Event | The Grand Teton National Park is created. | |
February 26th, 1928 (February 26 1928) | Birth | Fats Domino, American musician | |
February 26th, 1928 (February 26 1928) | Birth | Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut | |
February 26th, 1928 (February 26 1928) | Birth | Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress | |
February 26th, 1927 (February 26 1927) | Birth | Tom Kennedy, American game show host | |
February 26th, 1926 (February 26 1926) | Birth | Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (died in 1955) | |
February 26th, 1922 (February 26 1922) | Birth | Margaret Leighton, British actress (died in 1976) | |
February 26th, 1921 (February 26 1921) | Birth | Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (died in 2007) | |
February 26th, 1921 (February 26 1921) | Death | Carl Menger, Austrian economist (born in 1840) | |
February 26th, 1920 (February 26 1920) | Birth | Danny Gardella, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
February 26th, 1920 (February 26 1920) | Birth | Tony Randall, American actor (died in 2004) | |
February 26th, 1920 (February 26 1920) | Birth | Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (died in 2006) | |
February 26th, 1919 (February 26 1919) | Event | An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park). | |
February 26th, 1919 (February 26 1919) | Birth | Mason Adams, American actor (died in 2005) | |
February 26th, 1919 (February 26 1919) | Birth | Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (died in 2003) | |
February 26th, 1918 (February 26 1918) | Birth | Otis Ray Bowen, American politician (Indiana Governor) and physician | |
February 26th, 1918 (February 26 1918) | Birth | Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (died in 1985) | Theodore Sturgeon Quotes |
February 26th, 1917 (February 26 1917) | Event | The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. | |
February 26th, 1916 (February 26 1916) | Birth | Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (died in 1987) | |
February 26th, 1914 (February 26 1914) | Event | HMHS Britannic, sister to the Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast. | |
February 26th, 1914 (February 26 1914) | Birth | Robert Alda, American actor (died in 1986) | |
February 26th, 1913 (February 26 1913) | Birth | George Barker, English poet (died in 1991) | George Barker Quotes |
February 26th, 1913 (February 26 1913) | Death | Felix Draeseke, German composer (born in 1835) | |
February 26th, 1912 (February 26 1912) | Birth | Dane Clark, American actor (died in 1998) | |
February 26th, 1911 (February 26 1911) | Birth | Taro Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (died in 1996) | |
February 26th, 1909 (February 26 1909) | Birth | King Talal of Jordan (died in 1972) | |
February 26th, 1909 (February 26 1909) | Birth | Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (died in 1994) | |
February 26th, 1908 (February 26 1908) | Birth | Tex Avery, American cartoonist (died in 1980) | |
February 26th, 1908 (February 26 1908) | Birth | Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (died in 2007) | |
February 26th, 1908 (February 26 1908) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (died in 1949) | |
February 26th, 1907 (February 26 1907) | Birth | Dub Taylor, American actor (died in 1994) | |
February 26th, 1906 (February 26 1906) | Birth | Madeleine Carroll, English actress (died in 1987) | |
February 26th, 1903 (February 26 1903) | Birth | Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1979) | |
February 26th, 1903 (February 26 1903) | Death | Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (born in 1818) | |
February 26th, 1902 (February 26 1902) | Birth | Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (died in 1991) | |
February 26th, 1899 (February 26 1899) | Birth | Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (died in 1994) | |
February 26th, 1893 (February 26 1893) | Birth | I. A. Richards, English literary critic (died in 1979) | |
February 26th, 1889 (February 26 1889) | Death | Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (born in 1838) | |
February 26th, 1887 (February 26 1887) | Event | At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings. | |
February 26th, 1887 (February 26 1887) | Birth | Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (died in 1950) | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
February 26th, 1887 (February 26 1887) | Birth | William Frawley, American actor (died in 1966) | |
February 26th, 1887 (February 26 1887) | Birth | Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (died in 1936) | |
February 26th, 1885 (February 26 1885) | Event | The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, is signed | |
February 26th, 1885 (February 26 1885) | Birth | Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (died in 1969) | |
February 26th, 1883 (February 26 1883) | Death | Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born in 1817) | |
February 26th, 1882 (February 26 1882) | Birth | Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (died in 1968) | |
February 26th, 1879 (February 26 1879) | Birth | Frank Bridge, English composer (died in 1941) | |
February 26th, 1870 (February 26 1870) | Event | In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens. | |
February 26th, 1866 (February 26 1866) | Birth | Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (died in 1930) | |
February 26th, 1864 (February 26 1864) | Death | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (born in 1807) | |
February 26th, 1863 (February 26 1863) | Event | U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
February 26th, 1861 (February 26 1861) | Birth | King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (died in 1948) | |
February 26th, 1861 (February 26 1861) | Birth | Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin s wife (died in 1939) | |
February 26th, 1858 (February 26 1858) | Birth | Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (died in 1917) | |
February 26th, 1857 (February 26 1857) | Birth | Emile Coue, French psychologist (died in 1926) | |
February 26th, 1852 (February 26 1852) | Birth | John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (died in 1943 ) | |
February 26th, 1848 (February 26 1848) | Event | The second French Republic is proclaimed. | |
February 26th, 1846 (February 26 1846) | Birth | William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (died in 1917) | |
February 26th, 1829 (February 26 1829) | Birth | Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (died in 1902) | |
February 26th, 1821 (February 26 1821) | Death | Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (born in 1753) | |
February 26th, 1815 (February 26 1815) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
February 26th, 1815 (February 26 1815) | Death | Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (born in 1737) | |
February 26th, 1814 (February 26 1814) | Birth | Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (died in 1876) | |
February 26th, 1813 (February 26 1813) | Death | Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1746) | |
February 26th, 1808 (February 26 1808) | Birth | Honore Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (died in 1879) | |
February 26th, 1808 (February 26 1808) | Birth | Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871) | |
February 26th, 1802 (February 26 1802) | Birth | Victor Hugo, French writer (died in 1885) | Victor Hugo Quotes |
February 26th, 1802 (February 26 1802) | Death | Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (born in 1718) | |
February 26th, 1799 (February 26 1799) | Birth | Emile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (died in 1864) | |
February 26th, 1797 (February 26 1797) | Event | The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes. | |
February 26th, 1794 (February 26 1794) | Event | Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down. | |
February 26th, 1786 (February 26 1786) | Birth | Francois Arago, French mathematician (died in 1853) | |
February 26th, 1770 (February 26 1770) | Death | Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (born in 1692) | |
February 26th, 1749 (February 26 1749) | Birth | Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (died in 1832) | |
February 26th, 1746 (February 26 1746) | Birth | Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (died in 1806) | |
February 26th, 1726 (February 26 1726) | Death | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (born in 1662) | |
February 26th, 1723 (February 26 1723) | Death | Thomas d Urfey, English writer (born in 1653) | |
February 26th, 1720 (February 26 1720) | Birth | Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (died in 1803) | |
February 26th, 1715 (February 26 1715) | Birth | Claude Adrien Helvetius, French philosopher (died in 1771) | Philo Quotes |
February 26th, 1714 (February 26 1714) | Birth | James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (died in 1758) | |
February 26th, 1672 (February 26 1672) | Birth | Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (died in 1757) | |
February 26th, 1671 (February 26 1671) | Birth | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (died in 1713) | Philo Quotes |
February 26th, 1658 (February 26 1658) | Event | Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest. | |
February 26th, 1638 (February 26 1638) | Death | Claude Gaspard Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician (born in 1681) | |
February 26th, 1630 (February 26 1630) | Death | William Brade, English composer (born in 1560) | |
February 26th, 1608 (February 26 1608) | Death | John Still, English bishop | |
February 26th, 1587 (February 26 1587) | Birth | Stefano Landi, Italian composer (died in 1639) | |
February 26th, 1577 (February 26 1577) | Death | King Eric XIV of Sweden (born in 1533) | |
February 26th, 1564 (February 26 1564) | Birth | Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (died in 1593) | Christopher Marlowe Quotes |
February 26th, 1561 (February 26 1561) | Death | Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer | |
February 26th, 1552 (February 26 1552) | Death | Heinrich Faber, German composer | |
February 26th, 1361 (February 26 1361) | Birth | Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (died in 1419) | |
February 26th, 1360 (February 26 1360) | Death | Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (born in 1328) | |
February 26th, 1266 (February 26 1266) | Event | Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples. | |
February 26th, 1266 (February 26 1266) | Death | King Manfred of Sicily | |
February 26th, 1200 (February 26 1200) | Death | Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint | |
February 26th, 1154 (February 26 1154) | Death | King Roger II of Sicily (born in 1093) | |
February 26th, 0747 (February 26 0747) | Event | Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy s Nabonassar Era. | Ptolemy Quotes |
February 26th, 0364 (February 26 0364) | Event | Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. | |