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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Feb 26 1361

    Wenceslas of Bohemia Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)

    Feb 26 1564

    Christopher Marlowe English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus) born in Canterbury England (d. 1593) baptism date

    Feb 26 1671

    Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)

    Feb 26 1672

    Antoine Augustine Calmet French theologian (d. 1757)

    Feb 26 1677

    Nicola Fago Italian baroque composer born in Taranto (d. 1745)

    Feb 26 1714

    James Hervey English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)

    Feb 26 1720

    Gian Francesco Albani Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)

    Feb 26 1725

    Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot French inventor who designed and built 1st automobile born in Void France (d. 1804) [or born September 25]

    Feb 26 1746

    Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)

    Feb 26 1799

    mile Clapeyron French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)

    Feb 26 1808

    Honor Daumier French painter illustrator and sculptor (d. 1879)

    Feb 26 1808

    Nathan Kelley American architect active mainly in Ohio (d. 1871)

    Feb 26 1814

    Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville French geologist (d. 1876)

    Feb 26 1824

    Carlos Calvo Argentine diplomatpeople rights scholar (Calvo Clause)

    Feb 26 1832

    John George Nicolay German-American author (Abe Lincolns biographer) born in Essingen Rhenish Bavaria (d. 1901)

    Feb 26 1835

    Richard Andree German geography etnologist (Andrees Handatlas)

    Feb 26 1841

    Evelyn Baring earl Cromer English consul-general (Egypt)

    Feb 26 1842

    Camille Flammarion French astronomer Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy born in Montigny-le-Roi Haute-Marne France (d. 1925)

    Feb 26 1845

    Alexander III St Petersburg Russian tsar (1881-94) (310 NS)

    Feb 26 1846

    William Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West hunter and showman (Buffalo Bills Wild West) born in Davenport Iowa (d. 1917)

    Feb 26 1852

    John Harvey Kellogg surgeon inspired flaked cereal industry

    Feb 26 1857

    Emile Cou French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)

    Feb 26 1858

    Vladimir Serbsky Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)

    Feb 26 1861

    Ferdinand I 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) born in Vienna Austria

    Feb 26 1867

    Siegfried Passarge German geographer (CameroonSo AfrAmerica)

    Feb 26 1869

    Nadezjda K Krupskaja Russian revolutionarywife of Lenin

    Feb 26 1874

    Carl Vogler Swiss composer born in Oberrohrdorf (d. 1958)

    Feb 26 1875

    Emma Dunn British actress (Dr Monica Dr Kildares Strange Case Hideaway) born in Birkenhead Cheshire (d. 1966)

    Feb 26 1876

    Agustn Pedro Justo President of Argentina (1932-38) during the Infamous Decade born in Concepcin del Uruguay Entre Ros (d. 1943)

    Feb 26 1876

    Pauline Musters smallest man (111.2 (58.9 cm))

    Feb 26 1877

    Carel S Adama van Scheltema Dutch poetwriter (socialism)

    Feb 26 1879

    Frank Bridge English violinistcomposerconductortutor of B Britten

    Feb 26 1880

    Lionel Logue Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech) born in Adelaide (d. 1953)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Feb 26 1266 Battle of Benevento fought in Southern Italy between Manfred of Sicily and army of Charles of Anjou

    Feb 26 1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht

    Feb 26 1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church St Josephs Philadelphia

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