Editing February 26 (section)

==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|pages=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>