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02/26/1841
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Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1842
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Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy
Type: Birth
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02/26/1845
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Aleksander Rozycki, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1845
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Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1846
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William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
Type: Birth
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02/26/1848
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2nd French Republic proclaimed
Type: Event
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02/26/1848
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Marx and Engels publish "Communist Manifesto"
Type: Event
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02/26/1848
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2nd French Republic forms
Type: Event
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02/26/1852
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British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die
Type: Event
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02/26/1852
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John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
Type: Birth
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02/26/1857
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Emile Cou‚, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1857
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Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88
Type: Death
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02/26/1859
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Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
Type: Event
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02/26/1859
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Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/26/1861
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Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1862
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Battle of Woodburn, KY
Type: Event
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02/26/1863
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Lincoln signs National Currency Act
Type: Event
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02/26/1866
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New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health
Type: Event
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02/26/1866
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Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1867
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Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1868
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Leonard Borwick, British(?) pianist
Type: Birth
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02/26/1869
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Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin
Type: Birth
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02/26/1869
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15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states
Type: Event
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02/26/1869
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Franz Schubert's "4th Tragic," premieres
Type: Event
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02/26/1870
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Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched
Type: Death
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02/26/1870
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1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
Type: Event
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02/26/1871
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Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/26/1873
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Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist
Type: Birth
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02/26/1874
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Carl Vogler, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1875
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Richard Wetz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1875
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Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1876
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Pauline Musters, smallest man (1'11.2" (58.9 cm))
Type: Birth
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02/26/1876
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Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1877
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Carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1877
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Russell Alexander, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1879
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Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten
Type: Birth
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02/26/1881
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SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool
Type: Event
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02/26/1881
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-27] Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill
Type: Event
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02/26/1882
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Walter Lucht, German artillery general (WW I/WW II)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1883
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Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetism)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1884
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British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II
Type: Event
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02/26/1884
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Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1884
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Dina Appeldoorn, composer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1884
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Hildo Krop, Dutch modernistic sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/26/1885
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Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
Type: Birth
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02/26/1885
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Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England
Type: Event
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02/26/1887
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George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG
Type: Event
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02/26/1887
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Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1887
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Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs)
Type: Birth
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02/26/1891
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Henrik Ibsens "Hedda Gabler," premieres in Oslo
Type: Event
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