Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on February 26th?

Otto I's wife Adelaide is crowned empress by Pope John XII.

Battle of Benevento: Charles of Anjou defeats the Hohenstaufen Frederick II.

Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull "Unigenitus," condemning the ideas of the Franciscan Spirituals.

Napoleon's escapes from Elba where he was exiled after his forced abdication as French emperor in 1814.

Napoleon gathered support e route to Paris, retook power on March 20 as ruler of France and wage war against the English and Prussian armies. All ending in his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18 1815. More

A bomb planted by terrorists explodes beneath the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and injuring over 1,000 people. The World Trade Center building suffered more than $500 million in damage. The attack was carried out by Ramzi Yousef and 6 conspirators. One of them was never captured. More