Anniversaries

The Independent - London | February 26, 1994 | Copyright

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Births: Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury, philosopher and writer, 1671; Eaton Hodgkinson, engineer and writer, 1789; Victor-Marie Hugo, author, 1802; Alexis Hollander, pianist and conductor, 1840; Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer, statesman and diplomat, 1841; William Frederick Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), showman, 1846; Leonard Borwick, pianist, 1868; Frank Bridge, conductor and composer, 1879; Margaret Leighton, actress, 1922.

Deaths: Roger II, King of Sicily, 1154; Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, died in battle 1266; Thomas d'Urfey, satirist, 1723; Giuseppe Tartini, ...

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