On February 26, history records 29 notable events, 165 famous births and 77 deaths, spanning the years 364 to 1919.
Events on this day include: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor. (364); Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months. (1233).
Notable people born on February 26 include Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Christopher Marlowe (1564).
Notable figures who died on this day include Porphyry of Gaza (420), Muirchertach mac Néill (943), Roger II of Sicily (1154).
Events on 26 February 29
See all →Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months.
Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
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Birthdays on 26 February 165
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Deaths on 26 February 77
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