Forced to abdicate as French emperor in 1814, Napoleon
Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba on the 26th of
February, 1815 and, gathering support en route, retook power on his return to
Paris on March 20, ushering in the Hundred Days.
On the 26th of February, 1885, the Berlin West Africa Conference concluded, the major European countries having staked claims to their colonial expansions in Central Africa.
Also on the same day in 1919, the U.S. Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in northwestern Arizona.
The hundred days is a period in French history between March
20, 1815, the date on which Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping from exile
on Elba, and July 8, 1815, the date of the return of Louis XVIII to Paris.
On the 26th of February, 1885, the Berlin West Africa Conference concluded, the major European countries having staked claims to their colonial expansions in Central Africa.
Also on the same day in 1919, the U.S. Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in northwestern Arizona.
On the 26th of February, 1993, the World Trade
Center in New York City was bombed in an act of terrorism, Islamic radicals
being later convicted for the crime.
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This day in history: Napoleon Bonaparte and World Trade Centre.