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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[747 BC]] &ndash; According to [[Ptolemy]], the [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] (origin) of the [[Nabonassar]] Era began at noon on this date.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hannah|first=Robert|title=Greek and Roman Calendars|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|date=2013|isbn=9781849667517|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSOSAQAAQBAJ|page=94}}</ref> Historians use this to establish the modern [[Anno Domini|BC chronology]] for dating historic events.<ref>{{cite book|last=Depuydt|first=Leo|chapter=Calendars and Years in Ancient Egypt: The Soundness of Egyptian and West Asian Chronology in 1500-500 BC and the Consistency of the Egyptian 365-Day Wandering Year|title=Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East|editor-last=Steele|editor-first=John M.|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxbow Books|date=2007|isbn=9781842173022|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6emAwAAQBAJ|page=46}}</ref> 
* [[320]] &ndash; [[Chandragupta I]] is officially crowned as the first [[Gupta Emperor]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson2/chapter11.html|title=Chapter 11 – The Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps: Chandragupta I to Kumaragupta I}}</ref>
* [[364]] &ndash; [[Valentinian I]] is proclaimed [[Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland|title=The Roman Imperial Coinage: The family of Constantine I: A.D. 337-364, by J. P. C. Kent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyvTAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Spink|isbn=978-0-900696-85-5|page=31|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120432/https://books.google.com/books?id=JyvTAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Battle of Benevento]]: An army led by [[Charles I of Naples|Charles, Count of Anjou]], defeats a combined German and [[Sicily|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 [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Canaccini|first=Federico|chapter=Benevento, Battle of|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 1: Aachen, Siege of — Dyrrachium, Siege and Battle of (1081)|editor-last=Rogers|editor-first=Clifford J.|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2010|isbn=9780195334036|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC|pages=141–142}}</ref>
*[[1365]] &ndash; The [[Ava Kingdom]] and the royal city of [[Inwa|Ava]] (Inwa) founded by King [[Thado Minbya]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1829–1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]] | page=396}}: Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tabaung 726 ME = Tuesday, 26 February 1365</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman Davies|title=Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18IsDAAAQBAJ&pg=PP330|date=7 December 2017|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-1-84614-832-3|pages=330|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124208/https://books.google.com/books?id=18IsDAAAQBAJ&pg=PP330|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Galileo affair#Inquisition and first judgment, 1616|Galileo Galilei is formally banned]] by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending [[Heliocentrism|the view that the earth orbits the sun]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Atle Naess|title=Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood Still|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fWI6vfgjo8C&pg=PA150|date=23 February 2006|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-27054-6|pages=150|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124121/https://books.google.com/books?id=9fWI6vfgjo8C&pg=PA150|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; The [[British East India Company]] [[Factory (trading post)|factory]] on [[Balambangan Island]] is destroyed by [[Piracy in the Sulu Sea|Moro pirates]].<ref>{{cite book | last =Warren| first =James Francis | title =The Sulu Zone, 1768-1898: The Dynamics of External Trade, Slavery, and Ethnicity in the Transformation of a Southeast Asian Maritime State| year =1981| publisher =NUS Press| location=Singapore| page=36 }}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; The first [[Christiansborg Palace (1st)|Christiansborg Palace]] in [[Copenhagen]] burns down.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nielsen|first=Marjatta|chapter=An Introduction to the Life and Work of Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802)|title=Johannes Wiedewelt: A Danish Artist in Search of the Past, Shaping the Future|editor-last1=Nielsen|editor-first1=Marjatta|editor-last2=Rathje|editor-first2=Annette|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Museum Tusculanum|date=2010|isbn=9788763507875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sv1yKyfVGrYC|page=50, 52}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] escapes from exile on the island of [[Elba]].<ref>{{cite book|last=MacKenzie|first=Norman Ian|title=The Escape From Elba: The Fall and Flight of Napoleon, 1814-1815|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1982|isbn=9781844156047|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flR-AwAAQBAJ|pages=212–215}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; The [[Beach Pneumatic Transit]] in New York City, intended as a demonstration for a subway line, opens.<ref>{{Cite web|title=nycsubway.org: Beach Pneumatic Transit|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit|access-date=2022-02-26|website=nycsubway.org|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108195627/https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] and [[Korean Empire|Korea]] sign the [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pratt|first1=Keith|last2=Rutt|first2=Ricahrd|title=Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary|location=Richmond, Surrey, UK|publisher=Curzon Press|date=1999|isbn=9780700704637|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tdcAgAAQBAJ|page=198}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Kinemacolor]], the first successful color [[film|motion picture]] process, is first shown to the general public at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ngo|first=Sang|title=And that's the way it was: February 26, 1909|work=Columbia Journalism Review|date=February 26, 2012|accessdate=February 26, 2022|url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/and_thats_the_way_it_was_febru_11.php}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; {{Ship|HMHS|Britannic}}, sister to the {{RMS|Titanic}}, is launched at [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyard in [[Belfast]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Layton|first=J. Kent|title=Transatlantic Liners|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Shire Publications|date=2012|isbn=9780747810872|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQnDCwAAQBAJ|page=25}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; President [[Woodrow Wilson]] signs an act of Congress establishing the [[Grand Canyon National Park]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moore|first1=Randy|last2=Witt|first2=Kara Felicia|title=The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781610698399|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngldDwAAQBAJ|page=55}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; President [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs legislation establishing the {{convert|96000|acre|km2}} [[Grand Teton National Park]] in [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Circular of General Information Regarding Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|date=1931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAQ1AQAAIAAJ&dq=calvin+coolidge+Grand+teton+%22February+26%22&pg=RA5-PP3|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] orders the [[Luftwaffe]] to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the [[Treaty of Versailles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Overy|first=Richard|title=The Third Reich: A Chronicle|location=London|publisher=Quercus Publishing|date=2010|isbn=9781849162357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTmKBAAAQBAJ|page=115}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Robert Watson-Watt]] carries out a demonstration near [[Daventry]] which leads directly to the development of [[radar]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-05-15|title=Making waves: Robert Watson-Watt, the pioneer of radar|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27393558|access-date=2021-06-26|archive-date=2021-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626171712/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27393558|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=This Month in Physics History|url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200604/history.cfm|access-date=2021-06-26|website=aps.org|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702023623/https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200604/history.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; In the [[February 26 Incident]], young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple [[Cabinet of Japan|cabinet]] statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown [[Tokyo]], which is ended 3 days later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan - Militarism, Imperialism, WWII {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/The-rise-of-the-militarists |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Shillony|first=Ben-Ami|title=Revolt in Japan: The Young Officers and the February 26, 1936 Incident|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=1973|oclc=462186015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLJ9BgAAQBAJ|page=ix|isbn=9781400872473}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: US troops [[Battle of Corregidor (1945)|reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor]] from the Japanese.<ref>{{Citation|title=Corregidor Retaken (1945)| date=13 April 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcUQS-KvfU|language=en|access-date=2022-02-26|archive-date=2021-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703160524/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcUQS-KvfU|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Vincent Massey]] is sworn in as the first Canadian-born [[Governor General of Canada]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; A New York-bound [[Alitalia]] airliner [[Alitalia Flight 618|crashes]] into a cemetery in [[Shannon, County Clare|Shannon]], Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
*1960   &ndash; A [[Kyiv]]-bound [[Aeroflot]] airliner [[Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960)|crashes]] on approach to [[Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport|Snilow Airport]] in [[Lviv]], killing 32 of the 33 people on board.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=Friday 26 February 1960 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600226-1 |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: Launch of [[AS-201]], the first flight of the [[Saturn IB]] rocket.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|U.N. Secretary-General]] [[U Thant]] signs [[United Nations]] proclamation of the vernal equinox as [[Earth Day]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Superliner (railcar)|Superliner]] railcar enters revenue service with [[Amtrak]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; Egypt and Israel establish full [[Egypt–Israel relations|diplomatic relations]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Iran–Contra affair]]: The [[Tower Commission]] rebukes President [[Ronald Reagan]] for not controlling his national security staff.
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: [[Khojaly Massacre]]: Armenian armed forces [[Khojaly Massacre|open fire on]] Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[1993 World Trade Center bombing|World Trade Center bombing]]: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the [[1 World Trade Center (1971–2001) |North Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nadel|first=Barbara A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6W1IdJD3Mv0C|title=Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design|date=27 April 2004|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-150121-7|pages=1–9|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801121113/https://books.google.com/books?id=6W1IdJD3Mv0C|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; 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 contract]]s.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[New York Philharmonic]] [[2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea|performs in Pyongyang, North Korea]]; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Burlington VIA derailment|train derails]] in [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
*  2012   &ndash; Seventeen-year-old African-American student [[Trayvon Martin]] is [[Killing of Trayvon Martin|shot to death]] by [[neighborhood watch]] coordinator [[George Zimmerman]] in an altercation in [[Sanford, Florida]].<ref name="designated watch">{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Campbell|last2=Schwartz|first2=John|date=March 22, 2012|title=Trayvon Martin death spotlights neighborhood watch groups|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/us/trayvon-martin-death-spotlights-neighborhood-watch-groups.html|access-date=June 23, 2012|archive-date=May 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501164345/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/us/trayvon-martin-death-spotlights-neighborhood-watch-groups.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[hot air balloon]] [[2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash|crashes near Luxor, Egypt]], killing 19 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/26/luxor-hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-tourists|title=Egypt hot air balloon crash kills 19 tourists|date=26 February 2013|last1=Siddique|first1=Haroon|last2=Kingsley|first2=Patrick|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718093048/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/26/luxor-hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-tourists|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Indian Air Force]] fighter-jets [[2019 Balakot airstrike|targeted]] [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] [[terrorist training camp]]s in [[Balakot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/balakot-airstrike-1520097-2019-05-08|title=As many as 170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike: Italian journalist|work=India Today|date=31 May 2019|access-date=2020-12-17|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229131010/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/balakot-airstrike-1520097-2019-05-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the [[Zamfara kidnapping]] in [[Zamfara State]], Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news |last1=OYEKANMI |first1=LEKAN |last2=OLUKOYA |first2=SAM |title=Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed |url=https://apnews.com/article/279-kidnapped-schoolgirls-freed-nigeria-3409c28c47d426329edf5cbfaac68cdb |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308031343/https://apnews.com/article/279-kidnapped-schoolgirls-freed-nigeria-3409c28c47d426329edf5cbfaac68cdb |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1361]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia]] (d. 1419)
*[[1416]] &ndash; [[Christopher of Bavaria]] (d. 1448)
*[[1564]] &ndash; [[Christopher Marlowe]], English playwright, poet and translator (d. 1593)
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1666)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Stefano Landi]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)
===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll]], Scottish peer (d. 1685)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Quirinus Kuhlmann]], German Baroque poet and mystic (d. 1689)<ref>{{cite book |last=Schmidt-Biggemann |first=Wilhelm |title=Salvation through Philology: The Poetical Messianism of Quirinus Kuhlmann (1651–1689) |work=Toward the Millennium: Messianic Expectations from the Bible to Waco |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Schäfer |editor2-first=Mark R. |editor2-last=Cohen |year=1998 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |page=259 |isbn=978-90-04110-37-3}}</ref>
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury]], English philosopher and politician (d. 1713)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Antoine Augustin Calmet]], French monk and theologian (d. 1757)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Nicola Fago]], Italian composer and teacher (d. 1745)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Johan Ernst Gunnerus]], Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Gian Francesco Albani]], Italian cardinal (d. 1803)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Anders Chydenius]], Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14849|title=Anders Chydenius|publisher=Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon|access-date=February 26, 2022|language=sv|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153556/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14849|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/2432|title=Chydenius, Anders (1729 - 1803)|work=SKS Henkilöhistoria|publisher=[[The National Biography of Finland]]|access-date=February 26, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512231137/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/2432|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma]] (d. 1804)<ref>{{cite book|first=Hugh|last=Montgomery-Massingberd|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America|location=London|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1977|isbn=978-0-85011-023-4|page=19}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Anton Reicha]], Bohemian composer and flautist (d. 1836)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Matija Nenadović]], Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (d. 1854)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[François Arago]], French mathematician and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1853)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Victor Hugo]], French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Honoré Daumier]], French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
*  1808 &ndash; [[Nathan Kelley]], American architect, designed the [[Ohio Statehouse]] (d. 1871)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Levi Strauss]], German-American fashion designer, founded [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] (d. 1902)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Camille Flammarion]], French astronomer and author (d. 1925)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Buffalo Bill]], American soldier and hunter (d. 1917)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[John Harvey Kellogg]], American surgeon, co-created [[Corn flakes]] (d. 1943)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Émile Coué]], French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]] (d. 1948)
*  1861 &ndash; [[Nadezhda Krupskaya]], Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Herbert Henry Dow]], Canadian-American businessman, founded the [[Dow Chemical Company]] (d. 1930)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Matti Turkia]], Finnish politician (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Matti Turkia |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725145056/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |archive-date=25 July 2020 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Henry Barwell]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1959)
*  1877 &ndash; [[Rudolph Dirks]], German-American illustrator (d. 1968)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Frank Bridge]], English viola player and composer (d. 1941)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Edgeworth]], Irish astronomer (d. 1972)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Janus Djurhuus]], Faroese poet (d. 1948)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Husband E. Kimmel]], American admiral (d. 1968)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Aleksandras Stulginskis]], Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd [[President of Lithuania]] (d. 1969)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1950)
*  1887 &ndash; [[William Frawley]], American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1966)
*  1887 &ndash; [[Stefan Grabiński]], Polish author and educator (d. 1936)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]], American religious leader, founded the [[Nation of Islam]] (disappeared 1934)
*  1893 &ndash; [[Dorothy Whipple]], English novelist (d. 1966)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Andrei Zhdanov]], Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (d. 1948)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Max Petitpierre]], Swiss jurist and politician, 54th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 1994)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Halina Konopacka]], Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1020,konopacka-matuszewska-szczerbinska-halina-wlasciwie-leonarda-kazimiera.html|title=Biografie • Polski Komitet Olimpijski|last=Olimpijski|first=Polski Komitet|website=olimpijski.pl|language=pl|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212253/http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1020,konopacka-matuszewska-szczerbinska-halina-wlasciwie-leonarda-kazimiera.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1900 &ndash; [[Fritz Wiessner]], German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Jean Bruller]], French author and illustrator, co-founded [[Les Éditions de Minuit]] (d. 1991)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Giulio Natta]], Italian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115114942/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1903   &ndash; [[Orde Wingate]], English general (d. 1944)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Madeleine Carroll]], English actress (d. 1987)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Tex Avery]], American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Nestor Mesta Chayres]], Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank M. Figueroa|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Music in New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjcUAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Pillar Publications|isbn=978-0-9643201-0-9|page=80|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153553/https://books.google.com/books?id=pjcUAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*  1908   &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French racing driver (d. 1949)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Fanny Cradock]], English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Talal of Jordan]] (d. 1972)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Vic Woodley]], English footballer (d. 1978)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Tarō Okamoto]], Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Robert Alda]], American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Jackie Gleason]], American actor and singer (d. 1987)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 26: Michael Bolton, Teresa Palmer |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-26-Michael-Bolton-Teresa-Palmer/9411677340482/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Otis Bowen]], American physician and politician, 44th [[Governor of Indiana]] (d. 2013)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Pyotr Masherov]], Leader of [[Soviet Belarus]] (d. 1980)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Theodore Sturgeon]], American author and critic (d. 1985)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Mason Adams]], American actor (d. 2005)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Danny Gardella]], American baseball player and trainer (d. 2005)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Tony Randall]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Betty Hutton]], American actress and singer (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Bill Johnston (cricketer)|Bill Johnston]], Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Margaret Leighton]], English actress (d. 1976)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Marc Bucci]], American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Noboru Takeshita]], Japanese soldier and politician, 74th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 2000)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Everton Weekes]], Barbadian cricketer and referee (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web|title=Everton Weekes, Cricket Star and Racial Pioneer, Is Dead at 95|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/sports/cricket/everton-weekes-dead.html|work=The New York Times|last=Richards|first=Huw|date=July 10, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710212035/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/sports/cricket/everton-weekes-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC Obituary">{{Cite news |date=1 July 2020 |title=Sir Everton Weekes: West Indies legend dies at 95 |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53258007 |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708021500/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53258007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Doris Belack]], American actress (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news| first=Paul| last=Vitello| title=Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 9, 2011| access-date=October 10, 2011| url-access=subscription| archive-date=October 11, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011154651/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?hpw| url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Verne Gagne]], American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jairus K. Hammond|title=The History of Collegiate Wrestling: A Century of Wrestling Excellence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyeCAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|isbn=978-0-9765064-0-9|page=80|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153545/https://books.google.com/books?id=iyeCAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Henry Molaison]], American medical patient (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Man Who Couldn't Remember |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/corkin-hm-memory.html|quote=In between it all he did puzzles, books upon books of them, a habit he'd picked up as a teenager. Near the end of his life he kept a crossword book and pen with him always, in a basket attached to his walker. |newspaper=[[NOVA scienceNOW]] |date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Tom Kennedy (television presenter)|Tom Kennedy]], American game show host and actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berman|first=Marc|title=Game Show Host Tom Kennedy Dies At 93|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/10/11/game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dies-at-93/|access-date=October 11, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012103141/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/10/11/game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dies-at-93/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Name That Tune' Game Show Host Tom Kennedy Dead at 93|url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/11/name-that-tune-game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dead-dies/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=TMZ|date=11 October 2020 |language=en|archive-date=2020-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012015608/https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/11/name-that-tune-game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dead-dies/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Kennedy, Genial Journeyman of TV Game Shows, Dies at 93|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/television/tom-kennedy-dies.html|website=The New York Times|language=en|date=2020-10-13|access-date=2020-10-15|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014192657/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/television/tom-kennedy-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Fats Domino]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=111|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830185826/https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Ariel Sharon]], Israeli general and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Samuel Willard Crompton|author2=Richard Worth|title=Ariel Sharon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDnaWshrMwwC&pg=PA19|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0464-5|pages=19|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2021-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016100904/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDnaWshrMwwC&pg=PA19|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Ally MacLeod]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453208/Ally-MacLeod.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453208/Ally-MacLeod.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituaries: Ally MacLeod |work=The Telegraph|date=2 February 2004 |access-date=15 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Robert Novak]], American journalist and author (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Josephine Tewson]], English actress (d. 2022)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Johnny Cash]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[James Goldsmith]], French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina]], Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[José Policarpo]], Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Paul Dickson (American football)|Paul Dickson]], American football player and coach (d. 2011)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Chuck Wepner]], American boxer
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Oldřich Kulhánek]], Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (d. 2013)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jozef Adamec]], Slovak footballer and manager (d. 2018)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Paul Cotton]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bill Duke]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Dante Ferretti]], Italian art director and costume designer
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bob Hite]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Christopher Hope (novelist)|Christopher Hope]], South African author and poet
*  1944   &ndash; [[Ronald Lauder]], American businessman and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Austria]]
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Peter Brock]], Australian racing driver (d. 2006)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Marta Kristen]], Norwegian-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Mitch Ryder]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)|Colin Bell]], English footballer (d. 2021)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bingo Smith]], American basketball player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bingo Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78202/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ahmed Zewail]], Egyptian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2016)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sandie Shaw]], English singer and psychotherapist
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Sharyn McCrumb]], American author
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Simon Crean]], Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Arts]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/former-opposition-leader-and-cabinet-minister-who-served-four-pms-dies-suddenly-in-germany/news-story/61a440c9e6c66069234fd991f340cd28 |title=Simon Crean: Former Labor leader dead at the age of 74 |date=June 25, 2023 |work=[[The Australian]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Mr Crean was born in Melbourne on February 26, 1949}}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Elizabeth George]], American author and educator
*  1949   &ndash; [[Emma Kirkby]], English soprano<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura Diane Kuhn|title=Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music: H-Q|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cNWAAAAYAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Schirmer Books|isbn=978-0-02-865416-4|page=870|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153532/https://books.google.com/books?id=9cNWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Cain]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Helen Clark]], New Zealand academic and politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Clements|title=Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments. Volume 16 2004-2005|location=Dallas|publisher=Political Research|year=2004|oclc=778990367|page=276}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Wayne Goss]], Australian lawyer and politician, 34th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 2014)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Michael Bolton]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 26, 2023 includes celebrities Michael Bolton, Erykah Badu |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-26-2023-includes-celebrities-michael-bolton-erykah-badu.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=26 February 2023}}</ref> 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Barbara Niven]], American actress and writer<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Riggs |editor-first=Thomas |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 48 |publisher=Thomson Gale |page=260 |date=2003 |isbn=0-7876-6363-8}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1954)|Prince Ernst August of Hanover]]
*  1954   &ndash; [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], Turkish politician, 12th [[President of Turkey]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Andreas Maislinger]], Austrian historian and academic, founded the [[Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Michel Houellebecq]], French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[David Beasley]], American lawyer and politician, 113th [[Governor of South Carolina]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Joe Mullen]], American ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Mullen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joe-mullen-8449743 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[John Jude Palencar]], American artist and illustrator<ref>{{cite web|title=Palencar, John Jude|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 19, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/palencar_john_jude}}</ref> 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Keena Rothhammer]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/keena-rothhammer|title=Keena Rothhammer|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403205058/https://www.olympic.org/keena-rothhammer|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Greg Germann]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Liza 'N' Eliaz]], Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ (d. 2001) <ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-17 |title=Brain Magazine - News - Trésor caché – Liza'N'Eliaz |url=http://www.brain-magazine.fr/article/news/38362-Tresor-cache-LizaNEliaz |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017203247/http://www.brain-magazine.fr/article/news/38362-Tresor-cache-LizaNEliaz |archive-date=2017-10-17 }}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Susan Helms]], American general, engineer, and astronaut
*  1958   &ndash; [[Tim Kaine]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[Governor of Virginia]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Rolando Blackman]], Panamanian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rolando Blackman |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76176/traditional |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]], Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jaz Coleman]], English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ahn Cheol-soo]], South Korean physician, academic, and politician
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Chase Masterson]], American actress, singer, and activist<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Mark Dacascos]], American actor, martial artist, and television personality<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[James Mitchell (manager)|James Mitchell]], American wrestler and manager
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Garry Conille]], Haitian physician and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]
*  1966   &ndash; [[Marc Fortier]], French-Canadian ice hockey player
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jennifer Grant]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Najwa Karam]], Lebanese singer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese footballer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Gene Principe]], Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Gene Principe Bio - Sportsnet.ca |url=http://rsndev.pairsite.com/bios/principe_gene/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140117010900/http://rsndev.pairsite.com/bios/principe_gene/ |archive-date=January 17, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=Sportsnet.ca}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tim Commerford]], American bass player<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Leif Rohlin]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leif Rohlin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/leif-rohlin-8457840 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]], Japanese composer and producer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Predrag Danilović]], Serbian basketball player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Sasha Danilovic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/390/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Mark Harper]], English accountant and politician, former [[Secretary of State for Transport]] and former [[Minister of State for Immigration]]
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Erykah Badu]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1971   &ndash; [[Max Martin]], Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Hélène Segara]], French singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Maz Jobrani]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Marshall Faulk]], American football player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]], Norwegian footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jenny Thompson]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/jenny-thompson|title=Jenny Thompson|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311220043/https://www.olympic.org/jenny-thompson|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski]], Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
*  1974   &ndash; [[Sébastien Loeb]], French racing driver
*  1974   &ndash; [[Bonnie Somerville]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[P. J. Axelsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=P.J. Axelsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/p-j-axelsson-8462209 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Nalini Anantharaman]], French mathematician
*  1976   &ndash; [[Chad Urmston]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Marty Reasoner]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Greg Rikaart]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Tim Thomas (basketball)|Tim Thomas]], American basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[James Wan]], Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Shane Williams]], Welsh rugby union player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wru.co.uk/2634_1765.php|title=Shane Williams Profile|publisher=Welsh Rugby Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130063909/http://wru.co.uk/2634_1765.php|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-date=2009-01-30}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Abdoulaye Faye]], Senegalese footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Corinne Bailey Rae]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Steve Evans (footballer, born 1979)|Steve Evans]], Welsh footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1979)|Pedro Mendes]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34012|title=Pedro Mendes|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731140250/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34012|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Steve Blake]], American basketball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Kevin Dallman]], Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Dallman |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kevin-dallman-8469795 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kertus Davis]], American race car driver
*  1981   &ndash; [[Simon Maljevac]], Slovenian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future |url=https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |publisher=[[Government of Slovenia]] |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328120147/https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |archive-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Robert Mathis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Mathis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4596/robert-mathis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Oh Seung-bum]], South Korean footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Li Na]], Chinese tennis player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Matt Prior]], South African-English cricketer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Nate Ruess]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Jerome Harrison]], American football player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Pepe (footballer, born 1983)|Pepe]], Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Emmanuel Adebayor]], Togolese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=29678|title=Emmanuel Adebayor|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731134716/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=29678|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Natalia Lafourcade]], Mexican singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Beren Saat]], Turkish actress
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Fernando Llorente]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40672|title=Fernando Llorente|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201225747/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40672|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mārtiņš Karsums]], Latvian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martins Karsums |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/martins-karsums-8471277 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Hannah Kearney]], American skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/hannah-kearney|title=Hannah Kearney|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051203/https://www.olympic.org/hannah-kearney|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Teresa Palmer]], Australian actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Obertan]], French footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Takanoiwa Yoshimori]], Mongolian sumo wrestler
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[CL (rapper)|Lee Chae-rin]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Bina |title=K-POP A To Z: The Definitive K-Pop Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-63158-448-0 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArKDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519043444/https://books.google.com/books?id=ArKDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Kevin Plawecki]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Plawecki |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-plawecki-608700 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mikael Granlund]], Finnish hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikael Granlund - Profile |url=https://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/31405/mikael-granlund |website=nhlpa.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042218/https://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/31405/mikael-granlund |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Morgan Gautrat]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgan Gautrat #13 Stats, Video, News & More|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/players/morgan-gautrat|access-date=2021-01-13|website=nwslsoccer.com|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122094842/https://www.nwslsoccer.com/players/morgan-gautrat|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Jacob Trouba]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacob Trouba |url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/player/jacob-trouba-8476885 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
* 1994 &ndash; [[Mahra Al Maktoum]], Emirati princess.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheikha Mahra Just Revealed the Gender of Her First Baby at Her Birthday Celebration |url=https://en.vogue.me/royal/sheikha-mahra-pregnancy-gender-reveal-baby-girl-birthday-party/ |website=[[Vogue Arabia]] |access-date=14 December 2024 |date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jessie Bates]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessie Bates III |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3919512/jessie-bates-iii |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Yeat]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-mckinney/yeat-everything-you-need-to-know|title=Everything You Need to Know About Yeat|first=Jessica|last=Mckinney|date=February 28, 2022|work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jamal Musiala]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamal Musiala|url=https://fcbayern.com/en/teams/first-team/jamal-musiala|website=[[FC Bayern Munich]]|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 420|420]] &ndash; [[Porphyry of Gaza]], Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)
* [[943]] &ndash; [[Muirchertach mac Néill]], King of [[Northern Uí Néill|Ailech]] ([[Ireland]])
*[[1154]] &ndash; [[Roger II of Sicily]] (b. 1095)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Edmund |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=Henry W. C. |title=Roger of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154 |date=1912 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=295}}</ref>
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Manfred, King of Sicily]] (b. 1232)
*[[1275]] &ndash; [[Margaret of England]], Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coss |first1=Peter R. |last2=Lloyd |first2=Simon D. |title=Thirteenth Century England IV: Proceedings of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Conference 1991 |date=1992 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-0-85115-325-4 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDxk4OlkSLwC&pg=PA57 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153555/https://books.google.com/books?id=dDxk4OlkSLwC&pg=PA57 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1349]] &ndash; [[Fatima bint al-Ahmar]], Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (b. c.1260)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Boloix Gallardo|first=Bárbara|title=Fatima bint al-Ahmar|encyclopedia=Diccionario Biográfico electrónico|editor=Real Academia de la Historia|editor-link=Real Academia de la Historia|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/136412/fatima-bint-al-ahmar|access-date=2020-06-18|archive-date=2020-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042348/http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/136412/fatima-bint-al-ahmar|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1360]] &ndash; [[Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March]], English commander (b. 1328)
*[[1462]] &ndash; [[John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford]], English politician (b. 1408)
*[[1548]] &ndash; [[Lorenzino de' Medici]], Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514)
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[Eric XIV of Sweden]] (b. 1533)<ref>{{cite web |title=Erik XIV {{!}} king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-XIV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129165918/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-XIV |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress]], spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[John Still]], English bishop (b. 1543)
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Antonio Possevino]], Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Anna Vasa of Sweden]], Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[William Brade]], English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]], French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Thomas d'Urfey]], English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (b. 1662)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Tartini]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Joshua Rowley]], English admiral (b. 1730)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Esek Hopkins]], American admiral (b. 1718)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], Haitian-French general (b. 1762)<ref>Alexandre Dumas's death act, February 27, 1806, Musée Alexandre Dumas (Villers-Cotterêts, France).</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1746)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (b. 1737)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Joseph de Maistre]], French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Sybil Ludington]], American figure of the American Revolutionary War (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Michael|title=Biographies of the American Revolution: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Paul Jones, and more|location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services|year=2012|isbn=978-1-61530-685-5|page=101}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]], Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of Canada East]] (b. 1807)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Afzal-ud-Daulah|Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V]], 5th [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Asaf Jahis (1724-1948) |url=https://www.telangana.gov.in/about/history |accessdate=8 April 2021 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414005917/https://www.telangana.gov.in/About/History |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alexandros Koumoundouros]], Greek lawyer and politician, 56th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1817)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Anandi Gopal Joshi]], First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Karl Davydov]], Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Richard Jordan Gatling]], American engineer, invented the [[Gatling gun]] (b. 1818)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Jean Lanfray]], Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)<ref name = "Conrad4">{{cite book | last = Conrad | first = Barnaby | title = Absinthe: History in a Bottle | date = February 1, 1997 | publisher = Chronicle Books | isbn = 0-8118-1650-8 | pages = g. 4 }}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Felix Draeseke]], German composer and academic (b. 1835)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Carl Menger]], Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Mary Whiton Calkins]], American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Otto Wallach]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1847)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[February 26 Incident]]:
**[[Takahashi Korekiyo]], Japanese accountant and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1854)
**[[Saitō Makoto]], Japanese admiral and politician, 30th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1858)
**[[Jōtarō Watanabe]], Japanese general (b. 1874)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Potato Creek Johnny]], American gold prospector (b. {{circa}} 1866)<ref>{{cite news |title='Potato Creek Johnny' Joins Famed Pioneers Who Opened Up The West's Last Frontier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-pioneer-times-potato-creek-j/154217352/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=The Weekly Pioneer-Times |date=March 4, 1943 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Theodor Eicke]], German general (b. 1892)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sándor Szurmay]], Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Häberlin]], Swiss judge and politician, [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the Swiss National Council]] (b. 1868)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Harry Lauder]], Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Sabiha Kasimati]], Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with [[1951 executions in Albania|21 others]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetaexpress.com/arte/sabiha-kasimati-shkencetarja-e-pare-shqiptare-130310/?archive=1 |title=Sabiha Kasimati: Shkencëtarja e parë shqiptare|last=GazetaExpress|date=15 September 2015|language=sq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182607/https://www.gazetaexpress.com/arte/sabiha-kasimati-shkencetarja-e-pare-shqiptare-130310/?archive=1 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general and politician, [[President of Greece]] (b. 1878)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Karl Albiker]], German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] (b. 1909)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Levi Eshkol]], Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. 1895)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Karl Jaspers]], German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Robert Aickman]], English author and activist (b. 1914)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Howard Hanson]], American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Tjalling Koopmans]], Dutch-American economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Roy Eldridge]], American trumpet player (b. 1911)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Constance Ford]], American model and actress (b. 1923)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Bill Hicks]], American comedian (b. 1961)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jack Clayton]], English director and producer (b. 1921)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]], American actor (b. 1929)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Theodore Schultz]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[George L. Street III]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1913)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Raosaheb Gogte]], Indian industrialist (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gogte [[Kulavruttanta]]|publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|pages=445|language=mr|trans-title=The Gogte Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Tierney]], American actor (b. 1919)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], Finnish general (b. 1905)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Boris Trajkovski]], Macedonian politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (b. 1956)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Jef Raskin]], American computer scientist, created [[Macintosh]] (b. 1943)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Georgina Battiscombe]], British biographer (b. 1905)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Obituary: Georgina Battiscombe|last=Hayter|first=Alethea|date=2006-03-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2019-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805232737/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bodil Udsen]], Danish actress (b. 1925)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Johnny Kerr]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Wendy Richard]], English actress (b. 1943)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Norm Van Lier]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Nujabes|Jun Seba]], also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Arnošt Lustig]], Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Richard Carpenter (screenwriter)|Richard Carpenter]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Marie-Claire Alain]], French organist and educator (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Stéphane Hessel]], German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Simon Li]], Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Phyllis Krasilovsky]], American author and academic (b. 1927)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Sheppard Frere]], English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Theodore Hesburgh]], American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Earl Lloyd]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Tom Schweich]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[State Auditor of Missouri]] (b. 1960)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Andy Bathgate]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Don Getty]], Canadian football player and politician, 11th [[Premier of Alberta]] (b. 1933)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Joseph Wapner]], American judge and TV personality (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Wapner {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wapner |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020071627/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wapner |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Michelle Trachtenberg]], American actress (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite news|access-date=February 27, 2025|date=February 26, 2025|last1=Williams|last2=Levenson|first2=Michael|first1=Alex|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/arts/television/michelle-trachtenberg-dead.html|title=Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Gossip Girl' and 'Buffy' Actress, Dies at 39|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Pope Alexander I of Alexandria|Alexander of Alexandria]]<ref name="Martyrology">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|page=169|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref>
**[[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]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[Porphyry of Gaza]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[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 ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/26 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=26}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/26 Historical Events on February 26]

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[[Category:Days of February]]