On this day,
February 26: Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity, 2020); First day of Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí Faith, 2020)
1266 – Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.
1606 – Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea.
1936 – Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (pictured).
1995 – Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, collapsed after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorized trades on futures contracts.
February 26: Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity, 2020); First day of Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí Faith, 2020)1266 – Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.
1606 – Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea.
1936 – Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (pictured).
1995 – Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, collapsed after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorized trades on futures contracts.
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