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February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of the year (309 in leap years). January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ...
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February 29 is a day added into a leap year of the Gregorian calendar. ...
February 2008 is the second month of the leap year and has yet to occur. ...
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February 2005 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...
February 26, 2004 IDF soldiers fire against protesters against the Israeli West Bank barrier killing two and injuring 60, several of them seriously. ...
February 26, 2003 Daniel Libeskinds design is announced as the winner and future occupant of the former World Trade Center site. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraqs air defense network. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in February, 2000. ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
Events - 747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
- 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1266 - 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.
- 1658 - 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.
- 1794 - Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.
- 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes.
- 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
- 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law.
- 1870 - In New York City, the first pneumatic-subway opens.
- 1885 - The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, is signed
- 1887 - At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.
- 1914 - HMHS Britannic, sister to the Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
- 1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- 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).
- 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
- 1935 - The Luftwaffe is re-formed.
- 1935 - The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
- 1936 - In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
- 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
- 1966 - Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
- 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation.
- 1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1972 - The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
- 1984 - US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
- 1986 - People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
- 1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
- 1993 - 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.
- 1995 - 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.
- 2001 - The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
- 2004 - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
- 2004 - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 2005 - 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.
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC Events and trends February 26 747 BC - Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria 747 BC - Meles becomes king...
In chronology, an epoch (or epochal date, or epochal event) means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. ...
This article is about the geographer, mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy. ...
Nabonassar (also Nabonasser, Nabu-nasir, Nebo-adon-Assur or Nabo-n-assar) was a king of Assyria, who founded the Chaldean and Babylonian kingdom. ...
Events February 28 - Valentinian I is elected Roman emperor by the army. ...
Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, (321 - November 17, 375) was a Roman Emperor (364-375). ...
Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law This article discusses the nature of the imperial dignity, and its dynastic development throughout the history of the Empire. ...
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. ...
The Battle of Benevento was fought in Southern Italy on February 26, 1266, where the invading Angevin forces led by Charles, the Count of Anjou, overcame a combined German-Sicilian force led by Manfred of Sicily. ...
Statue of Charles I of Anjou by Arnolfo di Cambio, Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori. ...
Coronet of a count This article is about the style or title of nobility. ...
Modern département of Maine-et-Loire, which largely corresponds to Anjou Anjou is a former county (c. ...
Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...
Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre (Painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701). ...
Manfred (c. ...
Scene from Manfred by Thomas Cole Manfred is a dramatic poem written in 1816-1817 by Lord Byron; it contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. ...
Pope Clement IV (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, November 23, year uncertain â November 29, 1268 in Viterbo), born Gui Faucoi le Gros (English: Guy Foulques the Fat; Italian: Guido il Grosso), was elected Pope February 15, 1265, in a conclave held at Perugia that took four months, while cardinals argued over...
Look up Charles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...
Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ...
Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by...
The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. ...
King Charles X of Sweden The Northern Wars (1655-1661) is a name sometimes used for the series of conflicts between Sweden and its adversaries Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (The Deluge, 1655-1660), Russia (1656-1661), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657-1660), the Holy Roman Empire (1657-60) and Denmark (1657-1658, 1658...
King Frederick III Frederick III (March 28, 1609 â February 19, 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. ...
The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. ...
1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Headquarters Coordinates , , Governor Mervyn King Central Bank of United Kingdom Currency Pound sterling ISO 4217 Code GBP Base borrowing rate 5. ...
April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ...
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica â 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Elba (bottom centre) from space, February 1994. ...
Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...
Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ...
The National Bank Act (ch. ...
1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
Pneumatics, a subsection of an area called fluid power, is the use of pressurized air to effect mechanical motion. ...
A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway â usually in an urban area â with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...
Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The conference of Berlin The Berlin Conference (German: or Congo Conference) of 1884â85 regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germanys sudden emergence as an imperial power. ...
Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...
George Lohmann (born June 2, 1865; died December 1, 1901) is regarded as one the greatest bowlers of all time. ...
One of the worlds leading off-spin bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan sends down another delivery A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ...
For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
HMHS Britannic (1914), the third Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line, sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives. ...
Look up titanic, Titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Original Dixieland Jass Band (after mid-1917 spelling changed to Jazz) was a New Orleans band which, in 1917, was the first ever to make a jazz recording. ...
For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...
Victor logo with the famous Nipper dog. ...
Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Congress in Joint Session. ...
This article is about the canyon in the southwestern United States. ...
The parks of the United States National Park system are one type of protected area in the United States and are operated by the U.S. National Park Service. ...
Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. ...
Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
(German IPA: ) is a generic German term for an air force. ...
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, ca. ...
Holy Cross Church Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England with a population of 22,367 (2001 census). ...
For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The February 26 Incident (äºã»äºå
äºä»¶ Ni-niroku jiken) was an uprising against the Japanese government that took place in 1936. ...
A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...
Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
Churchill redirects here. ...
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961 â 1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions. ...
AS-201 (or SA-201) was the first flight of the Saturn IB launch vehicle. ...
The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which featured a much more powerful second stage, the S-IVB. Unlike the earlier Saturn I, the IB had enough throw weight to launch the Apollo Command/Service Module or Lunar Module into Earth orbit, which made it invaluable...
Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
NPR redirects here. ...
A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ...
Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...
A number of international organizations and other bodies use the title secretary general or secretary-general for their chief administrative officer. ...
U Thant (Burmese: ; 22 January 1909 â 25 November 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. ...
UN redirects here. ...
Unofficial Earth Day flag, by John McConnell, including a NASA photo. ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aerial View of Buffalo Creek area taken the day after impoundment dam #3 failed. ...
Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym West Virginian Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area Ranked 41st in the US - Total 24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ...
This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the Lebanese city. ...
Reagan redirects here. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
The EDSA Revolution, also referred to as the People Power Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986, was a mostly nonviolent mass demonstration in the Philippines. ...
This article is about the year 1987. ...
The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. ...
Commissioned on November 26, 1986 by President Reagan, the Tower Commission was in response to the Iran Contra scandal. ...
For other uses, see President (disambiguation). ...
Reagan redirects here. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ...
For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 â 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...
The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. ...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the second attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, see September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City was completed in 1972 at a height of 417 m (1368 feet), distinguishable from the south tower (Two World Trade Center) by the huge antenna on the roof. ...
For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Barings Bank (1762 to 1995) was the oldest merchant banking company in London, England [1] until its collapse in 1995 after one of the banks employees, Nick Leeson, lost $1. ...
Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967) is a former derivatives trader whose unsupervised speculative trading caused the collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdoms oldest investment bank. ...
SIMEX is the Singapore Monetary Exchange, a stock trading institution in Singapore. ...
In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. ...
This article is about the year. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
The Buddhas of Bamyan (Pashto: د Ø¨ÙØ¯Ø§ بتا٠پ٠باÙ
ÙØ§ÙÙ Ú©Û De Buda butan pe bamiyano ke, Farsi: ØªÙØ¯ÛسâÙØ§Û Ø¨ÙØ¯Ø§ در باÙ
ÙØ§Ù tandis-ha-ye buda dar bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Kabul at an altitude...
Bamiyan province is one of the thirty_four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see President (disambiguation). ...
Boris (Kiril) Trajkovski (June 25, 1956 - February 26, 2004) (Борис Трајковски in Cyrillic) was a president of the Republic of Macedonia (1999 - 2004). ...
Mostar (ÐоÑÑаÑ) is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: Ù
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بار٠ḤusnÄ« MubÄrak), has been the President of Egypt since 14 October 1981. ...
An election is a process in which a vote is held to choose amongst candidates to fill an office, or amongst political parties offering a slate of potential office holders for a house of representatives. ...
For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the legislative institution. ...
Births - 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
- 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
- 1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
- 1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
- 1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- 1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
- 1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
- 1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
- 1746 - Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)
- 1749 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
- 1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)
- 1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
- 1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
- 1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- 1808 - Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871)
- 1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
- 1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
- 1846 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917)
- 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
- 1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
- 1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
- 1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
- 1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)
- 1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (d. 1930)
- 1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)
- 1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
- 1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
- 1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)
- 1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
- 1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. 2007)
- 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
- 1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
- 1909 - Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - George Barker, English poet (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician (Indiana Governor) and physician
- 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976)
- 1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. 1955)
- 1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
- 1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
- 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
- 1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
- 1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
- 1938 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (d. 1957)
- 1939 - Josephine Tewson, English actress
- 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
- 1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
- 1943 - Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
- 1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006)
- 1945 - Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
- 1945 - Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
- 1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
- 1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
- 1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
- 1949 - Elizabeth George, American novelist
- 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
- 1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1950 - Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
- 1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
- 1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
- 1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
- 1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
- 1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
- 1958 - Greg Germann, American actor
- 1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
- 1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
- 1962 - Kelly Gruber, former Major League Baseball player
- 1964 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
- 1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
- 1967 - Currie Graham, Canadian actor
- 1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
- 1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
- 1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
- 1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
- 1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
- 1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
- 1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
- 1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
- 1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
- 1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
- 1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
- 1976 - Chad Urmston, American musician
- 1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Greg Rikaart, American actor
- 1977 - Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player
- 1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
- 1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
- 1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
- 1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
- 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
- 1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
- 1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 - Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor
- 1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
- 1980 - Gary Majewski, Major League Baseball player
- 1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
- 1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
- 1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
- 1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
- 1983 - Varick Pyr, Hip-Hop artist
- 1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
- 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
- 1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
- 1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
- 1986 - Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
- 1987 - Julia Bond, American porn star
- 1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress
Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ...
Wenceslaus (German: Wenzel; sometimes known as the Drunkard, Czech: Václav IV) of the house of Luxembourg (born February 26, 1361, died August 16, 1419) succeeded his father Charles IV as Holy Roman Emperor (ruled 1378 - 1400) and as king of Bohemia (ruled 1378 - 1419). ...
Events January 19 â Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ...
Events March 27 â Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 â Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 â The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony...
This article is about the English dramatist. ...
Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ...
1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1634 publication of Il SantAlessio with woodcut illustration showing a scene from the opera. ...
Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ...
Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ...
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (February 26, 1671 â February 4, 1713), was an English politician, philosopher and writer. ...
Year 1713 (MDCCXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ...
Antoine Augustine Calmet (February 26, 1672 â October 25, 1757) was a French Benedictine born in Mesnil-la-Horgne. ...
1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
James Hervey (February 26, 1714 - December 25, 1758), English divine, was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford. ...
Year 1758 (MDCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Claude Adrien Helvétius (February 26, 1715 - December 26, 1771) was a French philosopher and litterateur. ...
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...
Gian Francesco Albani (26 February 1720 – 15 September 1803) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal born to a significant religious family in Rome. ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ...
Maria Amalia of Austria, duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla Maria Amalia of Austria (Feb 26, 1746, Vienna - Jun 18, 1804, Prague). ...
1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ...
Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ) (26 February [O.S. 15 February 15] 1748) â June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. ...
Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
François Jean Dominique Arago (Catalan: Francesc Joan Dominic Aragó; February 26, 1786 â October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. ...
1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1799 (MDCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday [1]of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Emile_Clapeyron Benoit Paul Ãmile Clapeyron (February 26, 1799 - January 28, 1864) was an French engineer and physicist, considered as one of the founders of thermodynamics. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Year 1802 (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced ) (February 26, 1802 â May 22, 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ...
Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar). ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Nathan Kelley (1808-02-26 in Warren County, Ohio - 1871-11-20 in Columbus, Ohio) was a United States architect and builder. ...
1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (February 26, 1814 â October 10, 1876) was a geologist and meteorologist. ...
Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Alternative meaning: Claude L vi-Strauss, the French anthropologist. ...
Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
For other uses, see Buffalo Bill (disambiguation). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 â December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. ...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Ãmile Coué (February 26, 1857 â July 2, 1926) was a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a method of psychotherapy, healing, and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Vladimir Petrovich Serbskiy (Russian: , February 26 [O.S. February 14] 1858, BogorodskâApril 18 [O.S. April 14] 1917, Moscow) was one of the founders of the forensic psychiatry in Russia. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Ferdinand Maximilan Charles Leopold Marie, Ferdinand of Bulgaria (February 26, 1861 - September 10, 1948) was monarch of Bulgaria as well as an author, botanist and philatelist. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (Russian: , scientific transliteration Nadežda Konstantinovna Krupskaja) (26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1869 - February 27, 1939) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary. ...
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Herbert Henry Dow (1866 â 1930) was a U.S. (Canadian-born) chemical industrialist. ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879 â January 10, 1941) was an English composer. ...
For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...
Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 â May 14, 1968) was an admiral in the United States Navy. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Aleksandras Stulginskis (February 26, 1885 in Kutaliai, Lithuania-September 22, 1969) was the second President of Lithuania (1920-1926). ...
Early Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania Title: Kunigaikštis or Didysis Kunigaikštis (The Great Duke in Lithuanian) Mindaugas, 1238-1263 also crowned as a King Treniota, 1263-1264 Vaišvilkas (Vaišelga, Vaishya |