413 Historic Events for February 26
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| 1770 |
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Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
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| 1770 |
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Fran‡ois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
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| 1770 |
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Antoine Reicha, composer
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| 1772 |
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Caspar Furstenau, composer
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| 1773 |
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Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)
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| 1797 |
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Bank of England issues 1st œ1-note
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| 1802 |
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Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
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| 1804 |
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Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad
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| 1808 |
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Honor‚ Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
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| 1810 |
Death |
Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
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| 1813 |
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Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
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| 1815 |
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Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
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| 1823 |
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John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
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| 1824 |
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Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
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| 1825 |
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Hans Balatka, composer
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| 1827 |
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David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
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| 1831 |
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Filippo Marchetti, composer
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| 1832 |
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John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
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| 1832 |
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Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I
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| 1834 |
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Aleksander Zarzycki, composer
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| 1834 |
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1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
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| 1835 |
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Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)
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| 1837 |
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Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice
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| 1838 |
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Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
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| 1839 |
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Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
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