February 26
The February 26 is the 57th day of the Gregorian calendar, so stay 308 days ( 309 days in leap years ) of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 0364: Valentinian I is proclaimed by the troops of nine days after the death of Jovian to the Roman Emperor.
Economy
Science and Technology
- 747 BC: According to the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar begins under Assyrian rule. The Babylonian mathematics will be of the Nabonassarschen era with captured and marked on clay tablets celestial events to arrange time for her.
- 1846: The Dane Theodor Brorsen discovers a comet with a short orbital period in our solar system, which gets its name. The comet Brorsen (1846 III) is observed for the last time in 1879.
Culture
Religion
- 0386: A collected in the Theodosian Code regulation prohibits trade with martyr 's bones. It is noted in the following centuries little.
- 1870: In a lecture in London the religious scholar Friedrich Max Müller defined from a European perspective eight faiths as religions of the book.
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Nature and Environment
Sports
- 2006: In Turin, the XX end. Winter Olympics with a half-hour closing ceremony in which, among other things, the aria Nessun Luciano Pavarotti recites dorma from Puccini's Turandot.
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
19th century
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
19th century
20th century
21st Century
- 2001: Jale Inan, Turkish archaeologist
- 2001: Duke Nalon, American race car driver
- 2001: Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, diplomat and politician
- 2001: Georg Brauer, German chemist
- 2002: Hans Bernhard Meyer, German theologian
- 2003: Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver
- 2003: Willy Kralik, Austrian television presenter
- 2003: Othar Turner, American musician Fife
- 2004: Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politicians
- 2005: Jef Raskin, American computer scientist
- 2006: Ilya Zimin, Russian journalist
- 2008: Buddy Miles, American drummer
- 2009: Ruth Drexel, German actress
- 2009: Robert Jasper Grootveld, Dutch inventor, Happeningkünstler
- 2010: David Bankier, Israeli historian
- 2010: Nujabes, Japanese hip-hop producer
- 2011: Arnost Lustig, Czech writer and journalist
- 2012: Hazy Osterwald, Swiss musicians, singers and orchestra leader
- 2013: Marie -Claire Alain, French organist and music teacher
- 2013: Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat and author
- 2014: Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist ( " Grand Master of the flamenco guitar " )
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances St. Alexander of Alexandria, Roman theologian, bishop and patriarch (Catholic, Orthodox)
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, German mystic and beguine ( Protestant)
- Name Days Alexander, Mechthild
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in February