On this day in History - Feb. 26

• 0747 - BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
• 0277 - Muere el reformador religioso Manes.
• 1154 - Muere Roger II, primer rey de Sicilia.
• 1266 - Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combined German-Sicilian force.
• 1361- Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, was born, King of Bohemia (d. 1419).
• 1531 - Aproximadamente 30 mil pessoas morrem em consequência de um terramoto em Lisboa. ( Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 30,000 ).
• 1549 - Es asesinado el obispo nicaragüense Antonio de Valdivieso por los hijos de Rodrigo de Contreras.
• 1616 - La Inquisición ordena la captura de Galileo.
• 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one pound note.
• 1802 - Victor Hugo, was born was born in Besancon. (d. 1885), poet (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables).
• 1808 - Honoré Daumier,was born, painter, illustrator, lithograph and sculptor (d. 1879)
• 1813 Robert R Livingston US diplomat (Declaration of Independence), dies at 66.
• 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba to start, with 1200 of his men, the 100-day re-conquest of France .
• 1817 - Aparece "La Gaceta del Supremo Gobierno de Chile", primera publicación chilena después de la reconquista española.
• 1821 - Las tropas portuguesas de Río de Janeiro exigen que se jure en Brasil la Constitución proclamada el año anterior en Portugal.
• 1824 - Born this day, Carlos Calvo, Argentinian diplomat, people rights scholar (Calvo Clause).
• 1829 - Levi Strauss, was born, clothing designer, creator of blue jeans (d. 1902) .
• 1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I .
• 1844 Independencia de la República Dominicana de Haití. 1845 - Alexander III was born in St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) .
• 1846 - Buffalo Bill, was born, pioneer and officer, hunter and carny (d. 1917) .
• 1846 - Nace William Frederick Cody, "Buffalo Bill", militar, explorador y actor estado unidense.
• 1848 - German philosopher Karl Marx , aged 29, and his partner Frederick Engels published The Communist Manifesto.
• 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
• 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria was born, (d. 1948) .
• 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.
• 1869 - Es abolida la esclavitud en las colonias portuguesas.
• 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens.
• 1875 - Hans Böckler, was born, unionist and politician (d. 1951) .
• 1876 - Born this day, Agustin P. Justo y Rolon, president of Argentina (1931-38).
• 1878 - Muere Juan María Gutiérrez, escritor y político argentino.
• 1885 - Nace José de la Riva Aguero y Osuna, escritor y político, ex presidente de Perú (1923-1927).
• 1885 - Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England
• 1887 - Benegal Narsing Rau, was born in India, President of UN Security Council (1950)
• 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, was born, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1950)
• 1892 - Os deputados às Cortes Gerais portuguesas, passaram e exercer a sua actividade sem remuneração
• 1893 - I. A. Richards, was born, literary critic and rhetorician (d. 1979) ,
• 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling, dies, inventor (b. 1818) .
• 1903 Nace el escritor Agustín de Foxá .
• 1908 -King Leopold II is paid £5 million in exchange for the Congo Free State, now renamed the Belgian Congo.
• 1908 - Tex Avery, was born, cartoonist (d. 1980)
• 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, was born, race car driver (d. 1949) .
• 1909 - King Talal, King of Jordan was born, (d. 1972) .
• 1913 - Felix Draeseke, dies, German composer (b. 1835) .
• 1916 - Jackie Gleason, was born, actor, writer, composer, comedian (d. 1987) .
• 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, was born, science fiction writer (d. 1985) .
• 1919 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
• 1920 - Tony Randall, was born, actor (The Odd Couple) (d. 2004) .
• 1921 - Carl Menger, dies, Austrian economist, dies (b. 1840) .
• 1928 - Fats Domino, was born, musician .
• 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, was born, cosmonaut .
• 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
• 1930- 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC). .
• 1931 - Otto Wallach, dies, químico alemán, premio Nobel de Química en 1910.
• 1932 - Johnny Cash, was born (d. 2003), country music singer(I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue) .
• 1933 - Godfrey Cambridge, was born, actor (d. 1976) .
• 1933 - Sir James Goldsmith was born in Paris (d. 18 Jul 1997). Financier and corporate raider (Referendum Party) .
• 1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.
• 1935 - Robert Watson-Watt gives the first public demonstration of RADAR.
• 1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
• 1936 - José Policarpo da Cruz, was born. Portuguese, ordained a Catholic priest on 15 Aug 1961, appointed auxiliary of Lisbon on 26 May 1978 and consecrated bishop on 29 June 1978; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Lisbon on 05 March 1997; succeeded Cardinal António Ribeiro as Patriarch of Lisbon on 24 March 1998; made a cardinal on 21 February 2001.
• 1939 - Manifestação dos Sindicatos Nacionais, Casas do Povo e Casas dos Pescadores de apoio à política corporativista do governo de Salazar.
• 1940 - Segunda Guerra Mundial: el destructor británico "Cossak" aborda al buque alemán "Altmark" y libera a los 300 prisioneros ingleses que transportaba .
• 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, was born, British photographer (d. 1972) .
• 1944 - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.
• 1947 - Sandy Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], was born in Dagenham Essex England, British singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner .
• 1949 - Un movimiento cívico-militar derroca al presidente de Paraguay, general Raimundo Rolón.
• 1950 - Oscar Osorio vence en las elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador .
• 1950 - Helen Clark, was born, Prime Minister of New Zealand .
• 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
• 1954 - Michael Bolton was born, , singer
• 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, was born, Japanese singer
• 1957 - Besim Hasani, was born, President of Kosova Olimpic Committee
• 1959 - Rolando Blackman, was born, basketball star
• 1959 - Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
• 1961 - King Mohammed V of Morocco dies, (b. 1909)
• 1961 - O príncipe Hassan ascende ao trono do Marrocos como rei Hassan II, após a morte repentina de seu pai Mohammed V.
• 1961 -The Italian held capital of Somaliland, Mogadishu, is captured by British forces
• 1962 - Greg Germann, was born, actor .
• 1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• 1968 - Thirty-two African nations agreed to boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa.
• 1969 - Levi Eshkol, dies, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895) .
• 1969 - Karl Jaspers German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 .
• 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.
• 1971 - Fernandel, dies (b. 1903). French actor (Death of Champion).
• 1971 - Erykah Badu, was born, singer .
• 1973 - Marshall Faulk, was born, American football star .
• 1973 - Jenny Thompson, was born, U.S. Olympic swimmer .
• 1974 - Sébastien Loeb, was born, French WRC driver .
• 1975 - Em Portugal, foi promulgada a Lei da Imprensa.
• 1976 - Spain departs from Spanish Sahara Spain completes its withdrawal from Spanish Sahara, a former colonial territory in northeastern Africa .
• 1980 - A República Árabe do Egito e o estado de Israel estabeleceram relações diplomáticas, pondo fim a trinta anos de guerra entre as duas nações.
• 1981 - Howard Hanson, dies, composer (b. 1896) .
• 1982 - Muere el actor Paco Martínez Soria.
• 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, was born, Mexican pop singer .
• 1985 - 27th Grammy Awards What's Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper win .
• 1986 - Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States.
• 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
• 1988 - La Asamblea Legislativa de Panamá sustituye al presidente Eric Arturo Delvalle por Manuel Solis de Palma.
• 1988 - The Soviet Union's hockey team clinched the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
• 1990 - Sinead O'Connor was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Nothing Compares 2 U.
• 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
• 1991 - During the Gulf War, Kuwait City is liberated and Iraq begins its withdrawl
• 1991 - El Partido Nacionalista de Bangladesh gana las primeras elecciones libres en este país tras catorce años de Gobierno militar.
• 1991- Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
• 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
• 1991É instalado o STJ – Superior Tribunal de Justiça, que havia sido criado pela Constituição de 1988 do Brasil.
• 1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. 4 Islamic extremists were convicted and each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
• 1993 - In Egypt a bomb in a coffee shop killed 3 people and injured 18 In Cairo .
• 1994 - Bill Hicks, dies, comedian (b. 1961) .
• 1995 - The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by gambling on the Singapore Monetary Exchange Simex with derivative securities.
• 1997 39th Grammy Awards "Change the World" Babyface won four awards, including record of the year; Celine Dion's "Falling Into You" won album of the year and best pop album.
• 1997 - O governo suíço dá sua aprovação final para a constituição de um fundo para sobreviventes do Holocausto. Esse dinheiro pertencia aos judeus que viviam na Europa durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Após ser roubado por nazistas, o dinheiro foi depositado em bancos suíços.
• 1998 - Eclipse total de sol (se percibe especialmente en la costa venezolana del Océano Pacífico .
• 1999- In Iran elections were planned for cities, towns and village councils. These were the first elections since the 1979 revolution.
• 2000 -Heavy rains continued to ravage South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. 33 people were reported dead in the northern province of South Africa and 29 dead in Zimbabwe.
• 2001 - Iconoclastic Taliban destroys archeological treasures. The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
• 2001 - Winners at the Brit Awards included Coldplay, Best British group, Robbie Williams, Best British Male artist and Best single for Rock DJ, Sonique, Best British Female artist, Best Dance act, Fat Boy Slim and U2 won Outstanding contribution.
• 2001 The Treaty of Nice which updates previous treaties of the European Community, is signed by its 15 states: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands; Denmark, Ireland, the UK; Greece; Spain, Portugal; Austria, Finland, and Sweden.It would be ratified by the parliaments of all except Ireland, whose constitution requires a referendum. Ireland would hold its referendum on 07 June 2001, 34% of eligible voters would participate, of which 54% reject the treaty. Ireland would repeat the referendum on 19 October 2002 and this time the Nice Treaty would be approved by 65% of the voters.
• 2002 - Lawrence Tierney, dies, actor .
• 2003 - Gerhard Czerwensky, dies, economist .
• 2004 - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
• 2004 - Shankarrao Chavan, dies, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth, dies, general; Finnish war veteran .
• 2004 - Boris Trajkovski, president of the Republic of Macedonia dies (b. 1956) when an aging Beechcraft Super King Air 200 twin-engine turboprop airplane crashes at 08:01 (07:01 UT), in rain, heavy cloud cover and thick fog, near village Bitonja, Bosnia.
• 2004 - Silas Warner, dies, computer game programmer .