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02/26/1076
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Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered
Type: Death
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02/26/1154
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Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60
Type: Death
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02/26/1266
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Battle of Benevento
Type: Event
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02/26/1266
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Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1324
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Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1361
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Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1531
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Earthquake in Lisbon Spain, kills 20,000-30,000
Type: Event
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02/26/1534
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Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht
Type: Event
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02/26/1538
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Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1561
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Diana, dies at ñ40
Type: Death
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02/26/1577
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Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
Type: Death
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02/26/1588
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Nicolaus Erich, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1590
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Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda
Type: Event
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02/26/1616
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Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
Type: Event
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02/26/1630
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William Brade, composer, dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1675
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Guillaume Delisle, Paris France, geographer (Atlas G‚ographique)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1675
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Johann Philipp Treiber, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1677
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Nicola Fago, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1686
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Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat
Type: Birth
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02/26/1686
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Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
Type: Death
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02/26/1717
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John Randall, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1726
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Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1732
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1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia
Type: Event
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02/26/1732
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Mass celebrated for 1st time at St Joseph's Church (Phila)
Type: Event
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02/26/1766
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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30
Type: Death
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02/26/1770
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Antoine Reicha, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1770
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Fran‡ois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/26/1770
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Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/26/1772
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Caspar Furstenau, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1773
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Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)
Type: Event
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02/26/1797
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Bank of England issues 1st œ1-note
Type: Event
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02/26/1802
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Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1804
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Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad
Type: Event
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02/26/1808
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Honor‚ Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
Type: Birth
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02/26/1810
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Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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02/26/1813
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Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/26/1815
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Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
Type: Event
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02/26/1823
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John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/26/1824
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Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1825
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Hans Balatka, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1827
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David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/26/1831
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Filippo Marchetti, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1832
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Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I
Type: Event
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02/26/1832
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John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1834
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1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
Type: Event
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02/26/1834
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Aleksander Zarzycki, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1835
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Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1837
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Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice
Type: Birth
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02/26/1838
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Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1839
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Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
Type: Event
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