On this day: 26 February
Events, births and deaths on 26 February. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Michelle Trachtenberg
- Deaths · Kim Tae-young
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Andy Bathgate
- Deaths · Don Getty
100 years ago1926
- Births · Henry Molaison
- Births · Verne Gagne
- Births · Doris Belack
1000 years ago1026
Nothing recorded for that year.
Events · 16
- 1266(Julian date)Battle of Benevento — 1266 battle between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily
- 1918Happy Valley Racecourse fire — Hong Kong disaster
- 1929Grand Teton National Park — United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming
- 1936February 26 Incident — failed 1936 coup d'état in Japan
- 1945Battle of Corregidor — 1945 WWII battle in the Pacific Theater
- 1960Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) — aviation accident
- 1960Alitalia Flight 618 — 1960 aviation accident
- 1991Kuwait — sovereign state in Western Asia
- 1992Khojaly Massacre — mass murder of Azerbaijani civilians in the town of Khojaly
- 19931993 World Trade Center bombing — truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City
- 2003War in Darfur — major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003
- 20082008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea — Concert of an American orchestra in North Korea
- 2012shooting of Trayvon Martin — 2012 killing of teenager in Sanford, Florida
- 20132013 Luxor hot air balloon crash — hot air balloon crash in Egypt
- 20192019 Balakot airstrike — 2019 airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force
- 2021Zamfara kidnapping — 2021 kidnapping of 279 schoolchildren in Jangebe Town, Zamfara, Nigeria
Births · 60
- 1361(Julian date)Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia — king of Bohemia and Germany (1361–1419)
- 1416Christopher of Bavaria — king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1442-1448
- 1671Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury — English politician and Earl (1671-1713)
- 1746Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria — Austrian archduchess
- 1770Anton Reicha — Czech-born French composer (1770–1836)
- 1786François Arago — French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)
- 1802
- 1808Honoré Daumier — French artist (1808–1879)
- 1829Levi Strauss — German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
- 1842Camille Flammarion — French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
- 1846Buffalo Bill — American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)
- 1852
- 1861Ferdinand I of Bulgaria — Bulgarian ruler (1861–1948)
- 1868Venceslau Brás — President of Brazil (1868-1966)
- 1869Nadezhda Krupskaya — Russian revolutionary and politician (1869–1939)
- 1876Agustín Pedro Justo — former President of Argentina (1876-1943)
- 1885Aleksandras Stulginskis — Second President of Lithuania (from 19 June 1920 until 7 June 1926)
- 1896Andrei Zhdanov — Soviet politician (1896-1948)
- 1900Halina Konopacka — Polish athlete (1900-1989)
- 1902Jean Bruller — French author and illustrator (1902–1991)
- 1903Giulio Natta — Italian chemist
- 1906Madeleine Carroll — English actress (1906–1987)
- 1908Tex Avery — American animator and director (1908–1980)
- 1909Talal I of Jordan — King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952
- 1918Theodore Sturgeon — American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985)
Deaths · 60
- 420Porphyry of Gaza — bishop of Gaza and Byzantine saint
- 1154(Julian date)Roger II of Sicily — King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
- 1266(Julian date)Manfred, King of Sicily — King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266
- 1275(Julian date)Margaret of England — Queen of Scotland (1240-1275)
- 1548(Julian date)Lorenzino de' Medici — Italian writer and assassin (1514-1548)
- 1577Eric XIV of Sweden — Swedish king (1533-1577)
- 1603Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress — Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)
- 1611Antonio Possevino — Italian diplomat (1533–1611)
- 1625Princess Anna of Sweden — Swedish princess (1568-1625)
- 1638Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac — French mathematician (1581-1638)
- 1723Thomas d'Urfey — English writer
- 1726Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria — Ruler of the Electorate of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726 (lived 1662-1726)
- 1770Giuseppe Tartini — Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)
- 1806Thomas-Alexandre Dumas — French general (1762–1806)
- 1813Robert R. Livingston — (1746-1813) American lawyer, politician, diplomat and founding father
- 1815Prince Josias of Coburg — Austrian general
- 1821Joseph de Maistre — Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat (1753-1821)
- 1839Sybil Ludington — American revolutionary heroine (1761-1839)
- 1869Asaf Jah V of Hyderabad — King of Hyderabad (1827-1869)
- 1883(Julian date)Alexandros Koumoundouros — Greek politician (1815-1883)
- 1887Anandi Gopal Joshi — One of the first Indian woman doctor (1865-1887)
- 1903Richard Jordan Gatling — American firearm designer (1818–1903)
- 1909Hermann Ebbinghaus — German psychologist (1850-1909)
- 1913Felix Draeseke — German composer (1835-1913)
- 1921Carl Menger — founder of the Austrian School of economics (1840–1921)
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