26 February

Events

Pre-1600

*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 320 – Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta Emperor.
* 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 Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
*1365 – The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.

1601–1900

*1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
*1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
*1775 – The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
*1794 – The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
*1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
*1870 – The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intended as a demonstration for a subway line, opens.
*1876 – Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.

1901–present

* 1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
*1914 – , sister to the , is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
*1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
*1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
*1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
* 1935 – 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 nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
*1945 – World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
*1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
*1960 – A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
*1960 – A Kyiv-bound Aeroflot airliner crashes on approach to Snilow Airport in Lviv, killing 32 of the 33 people on board.
*1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
*1971 – U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
*1979 – The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
*1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
*1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
*1992 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
*1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
*1995 – The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
*2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
*2012 – A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
* 2012 – Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.
*2013 – A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
*2019 – Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.
*2021 – A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Births

Pre-1600

* 1361 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (died 1419)
* 1416 – Christopher of Bavaria (died 1448)
*1564 – Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593)
*1584 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (died 1666)
*1587 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (died 1639)

1601–1900

*1629 – Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Scottish peer (died 1685)
*1651 – Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic (died 1689)
*1671 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (died 1713)
*1672 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (died 1757)
*1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher (died 1745)
* 1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (died 1773)
*1720 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (died 1803)
*1729 – Anders Chydenius, Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (died 1803)
*1746 – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (died 1804)
*1770 – Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist (died 1836)
*1777 – Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (died 1854)
*1786 – François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (died 1853)
*1802 – Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1885)
*1808 – Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (died 1879)
* 1808 – Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (died 1871)
*1829 – Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (died 1902)
*1842 – Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (died 1925)
*1846 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (died 1917)
*1852 – John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (died 1943)
*1857 – Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (died 1926)
*1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (died 1948)
* 1861 – Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (died 1939)
*1866 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (died 1930)
*1871 – Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (died 1946)
*1877 – Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (died 1959)
* 1877 – Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (died 1968)
*1879 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (died 1941)
*1880 – Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer (died 1972)
*1881 – Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet (died 1948)
*1882 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (died 1968)
*1885 – Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (died 1969)
*1887 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (died 1950)
* 1887 – William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (died 1966)
* 1887 – Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator (died 1936)
*1893 – Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
* 1893 – Dorothy Whipple, English novelist (died 1966)
*1896 – Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (died 1948)
*1899 – Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation, President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1994)
*1900 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (died 1989)
* 1900 – Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (died 1988)

1901–present

*1902 – Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (died 1991)
*1903 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
* 1903 – Orde Wingate, English general (died 1944)
*1906 – Madeleine Carroll, English actress (died 1987)
*1908 – Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (died 1980)
* 1908 – Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (died 1971)
* 1908 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French racing driver (died 1949)
* 1909 – Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic (died 1994)
* 1909 – Talal of Jordan (died 1972)
*1910 – Vic Woodley, English footballer (died 1978)
*1911 – Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (died 1996)
*1914 – Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director (died 1986)
*1916 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (died 1987)
*1918 – Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (died 2013)
* 1918 – Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (died 1980)
* 1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (died 1985)
*1919 – Mason Adams, American actor (died 2005)
*1920 – Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (died 2005)
* 1920 – Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2004)
* 1920 – Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (died 2006)
*1921 – Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (died 2007)
*1922 – Bill Johnston (cricketer), Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007)
* 1922 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976)
*1924 – Marc Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (died 2002)
* 1924 – Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2000)
*1925 – Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee (died 2020)
*1926 – Doris Belack, American actress (died 2011)
* 1926 – Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (died 2015)
* 1926 – Henry Molaison, American medical patient (died 2008)
*1927 – Tom Kennedy (television presenter), Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor (died 2020)
*1928 – Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2017)
* 1928 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2014)
*1931 – Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2004)
* 1931 – Robert Novak, American journalist and author (died 2009)
* 1931 – Josephine Tewson, English actress (died 2022)
*1932 – Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2003)
*1933 – James Goldsmith, French-British businessman and politician (died 1997)
*1934 – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
*1936 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (died 2014)
*1937 – Paul Dickson (American football), Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (died 2011)
*1939 – Chuck Wepner, American boxer
*1940 – Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (died 2013)
*1942 – Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager (died 2018)
*1943 – Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
* 1943 – Bill Duke, American actor and director
* 1943 – Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
* 1943 – Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1981)
*1944 – Christopher Hope (novelist), Christopher Hope, South African author and poet
* 1944 – Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria
*1945 – Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (died 2006)
* 1945 – Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress
* 1945 – Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter
*1946 – Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946), Colin Bell, English footballer (died 2021)
* 1946 – Bingo Smith, American basketball player (died 2023)
* 1946 – Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
*1947 – Sandie Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist
*1948 – Sharyn McCrumb, American author
*1949 – Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Minister for the Arts (Australia), Australian Minister for the Arts (died 2023)
* 1949 – Elizabeth George, American author and educator
* 1949 – Emma Kirkby, English soprano
*1950 – Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
* 1950 – Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
*1951 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (died 2014)
*1953 – Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor
* 1953 – Barbara Niven, American actress and writer
*1954 – Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1954), Prince Ernst August of Hanover
* 1954 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey
*1955 – Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
*1956 – Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
*1957 – David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
* 1957 – Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
* 1957 – John Jude Palencar, American artist and illustrator
* 1957 – Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer
*1958 – Greg Germann, American actor and director
*1958 – Liza 'N' Eliaz, Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ (died 2001)
* 1958 – Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
* 1958 – Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
*1959 – Rolando Blackman, Panamanian-American basketball player
* 1959 – Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
*1960 – Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*1962 – Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician
*1963 – Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist
*1964 – Mark Dacascos, American actor, martial artist, and television personality
*1965 – James Mitchell (manager), James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager
*1966 – Garry Conille, Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
* 1966 – Marc Fortier, French-Canadian ice hockey player
* 1966 – Jennifer Grant, American actress
* 1966 – Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
*1967 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
* 1967 – Gene Principe, Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster
*1968 – Tim Commerford, American bass player
* 1968 – Leif Rohlin, Swedish ice hockey player
*1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer
*1970 – Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player and executive
*1970 – Mark Harper, English accountant and politician, former Secretary of State for Transport and former Minister of State for Immigration
*1971 – Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1971 – Max Martin, Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
* 1971 – Hélène Segara, French singer-songwriter and actress
*1972 – Maz Jobrani, American comedian and actor
*1973 – Marshall Faulk, American football player
* 1973 – Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager
* 1973 – Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
*1974 – Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
* 1974 – Sébastien Loeb, French racing driver
* 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
*1975 – P. J. Axelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
*1976 – Nalini Anantharaman, French mathematician
* 1976 – Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1977 – Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player and coach
* 1977 – Greg Rikaart, American actor
* 1977 – Tim Thomas (basketball), Tim Thomas, American basketball player
* 1977 – James Wan, Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer
* 1977 – Shane Williams, Welsh rugby union player
*1978 – Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer
*1979 – Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1979 – Steve Evans (footballer, born 1979), Steve Evans, Welsh footballer
* 1979 – Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1979), Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
*1980 – Steve Blake, American basketball player
*1981 – Kevin Dallman, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
* 1981 – Kertus Davis, American race car driver
* 1981 – Simon Maljevac, Slovenian politician
* 1981 – Robert Mathis, American football player
* 1981 – Oh Seung-bum, South Korean footballer
*1982 – Li Na, Chinese tennis player
* 1982 – Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer
* 1982 – Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter
*1983 – Jerome Harrison, American football player
* 1983 – Pepe (footballer, born 1983), Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
*1984 – Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
* 1984 – Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter
* 1984 – Beren Saat, Turkish actress
*1985 – Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
*1986 – Mārtiņš Karsums, Latvian ice hockey player
* 1986 – Hannah Kearney, American skier
* 1986 – Teresa Palmer, Australian actress
*1989 – Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
*1990 – Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
*1991 – CL (rapper), Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer
* 1991 – Kevin Plawecki, American baseball player
*1992 – Mikael Granlund, Finnish hockey player
*1993 – Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player
*1994 – Jacob Trouba, American ice hockey player
* 1994 – Mahra Al Maktoum, Emirati princess.
*1997 – Jessie Bates, American football player
*2000 – Yeat, American rapper
*2003 – Jamal Musiala, German footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

*AD 420, 420 – Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (born 347)
* 943 – Muirchertach mac Néill, King of Northern Uí Néill, Ailech (Ireland)
*1154 – Roger II of Sicily (born 1095)
* 1266 – Manfred, King of Sicily (born 1232)
*1275 – Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (born 1240)
*1349 – Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (born c.1260)
*1360 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (born 1328)
*1462 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (born 1408)
*1548 – Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (born 1514)
*1577 – Eric XIV of Sweden (born 1533)

1601–1900

*1603 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (born 1528)
*1608 – John Still, English bishop (born 1543)
*1611 – Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (born 1533)
*1625 – Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (born 1568)
*1630 – William Brade, English violinist and composer (born 1560)
*1638 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (born 1581)
*1723 – Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (born 1653)
*1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (born 1662)
*1770 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1692)
*1790 – Joshua Rowley, English admiral (born 1730)
*1802 – Esek Hopkins, American admiral (born 1718)
*1806 – Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (born 1762)
*1813 – Robert R. Livingston (chancellor), Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (born 1746)
*1815 – Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (born 1737)
*1821 – Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (born 1753)
*1839 – Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (born 1761)
*1864 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada, Premier of Canada East (born 1807)
*1869 – Afzal-ud-Daulah, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1827)
*1883 – Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1817)
*1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (born 1865)
*1889 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (born 1838)
*1895 – Kathinka Kraft, Norwegian memoirist (born 1826)

1901–present

*1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (born 1818)
*1906 – Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (born 1874)
*1913 – Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (born 1835)
*1921 – Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (born 1840)
*1930 – Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (born 1863)
*1931 – Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1847)
*1936 – February 26 Incident:
**Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1854)
**Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1858)
**Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (born 1874)
*1943 – Potato Creek Johnny, American gold prospector (born 1866)
* 1943 – Theodor Eicke, German general (born 1892)
*1945 – Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (born 1860)
*1947 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1868)
*1950 – Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (born 1870)
*1951 – Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (born 1912) executed with 1951 executions in Albania, 21 others
*1952 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1878)
*1961 – Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (born 1878)
* 1961 – Mohammed V of Morocco (born 1909)
*1966 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (born 1883)
*1969 – Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1895)
* 1969 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
*1981 – Robert Aickman, English author and activist (born 1914)
* 1981 – Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (born 1896)
*1985 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
*1989 – Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (born 1911)
*1993 – Constance Ford, American model and actress (born 1923)
*1994 – Bill Hicks, American comedian (born 1961)
*1995 – Jack Clayton, English director and producer (born 1921)
*1997 – David Doyle (actor), David Doyle, American actor (born 1929)
*1998 – Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
*2000 – George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1913)
* 2000 – Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (born 1916)
*2002 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (born 1919)
* 2004 – Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (born 1905)
* 2004 – Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (born 1956)
*2005 – Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (born 1943)
*2006 – Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (born 1905)
*2008 – Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (born 1925)
*2009 – Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1932)
* 2009 – Wendy Richard, English actress (born 1943)
* 2009 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1947)
*2010 – Nujabes, Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (born 1974)
*2011 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1926)
*2012 – Richard Carpenter (screenwriter), Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
*2013 – Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (born 1926)
* 2013 – Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (born 1917)
* 2013 – Simon Li, Hong Kong judge and politician (born 1922)
*2014 – Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (born 1933)
* 2014 – Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (born 1927)
*2015 – Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (born 1916)
* 2015 – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (born 1917)
* 2015 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
* 2015 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (born 1960)
*2016 – Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1932)
* 2016 – Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (born 1933)
*2017 – Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (born 1919)
*2025 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (born 1985)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day:
**Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Alexander of Alexandria
**Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))
**Isabelle of France (saint), Isabelle of France
**Li Tim-Oi (Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada), Anglican Church of Canada)
**Paula Montal Fornés
**Porphyry of Gaza
**February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Khojaly Massacre, Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)
*Liberation Day (Kuwait)
*Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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