| 21751 | February 26 | Event | 1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. |
| 21752 | February 26 | Event | 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. |
| 21753 | February 26 | Event | 1991 – Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah. |
| 21754 | February 26 | Event | 1992 – Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. |
| 21755 | February 26 | Event | 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand. |
| 21756 | February 26 | Event | 1995 – The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. |
| 21757 | February 26 | Event | 2012 – A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. |
| 21758 | February 26 | Event | 2013 – A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. |
| 21759 | February 26 | Birth | 1361 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (d. 1419) |
| 21760 | February 26 | Birth | 1584 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1666) |
| 21761 | February 26 | Birth | 1587 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639) |
| 21762 | February 26 | Birth | 1671 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (d. 1713) |
| 21763 | February 26 | Birth | 1672 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (d. 1757) |
| 21764 | February 26 | Birth | 1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian composer and educator (d. 1745) |
| 21765 | February 26 | Birth | 1720 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1803) |
| 21766 | February 26 | Birth | 1746 – Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (d. 1806) |
| 21767 | February 26 | Birth | 1777 – Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 1854) |
| 21768 | February 26 | Birth | 1786 – François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853) |
| 21769 | February 26 | Birth | 1799 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864) |
| 21770 | February 26 | Birth | 1802 – Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885) |
| 21771 | February 26 | Birth | 1808 – Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879) |
| 21772 | February 26 | Birth | 1808 – Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871) |
| 21773 | February 26 | Birth | 1814 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (d. 1876) |
| 21774 | February 26 | Birth | 1829 – Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902) |
| 21775 | February 26 | Birth | 1846 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (d. 1917) |
| 21776 | February 26 | Birth | 1852 – John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943) |
| 21777 | February 26 | Birth | 1857 – Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926) |
| 21778 | February 26 | Birth | 1858 – Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1917) |
| 21779 | February 26 | Birth | 1859 – Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (1953) |
| 21780 | February 26 | Birth | 1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 1948) |