Timeline February 1826

Events in February 1826 3

• 1826 James Fenimore Cooper publishes The Last of the Mohicans Second novel in the Leatherstocking Tales The novel, set during the Seven Years' War on the New York frontier, follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo and became one of the most widely read American novels of the 19th century. It helped shape popular depictions of Native Americans and the colonial frontier for generations of readers.
• 1826 University College London founded First English university open to students regardless of religion A group of reformers including Thomas Campbell and Henry Brougham founded the institution as "London University," admitting students without regard to their religion, in contrast to Oxford and Cambridge. It opened its doors to students in 1828 and later became a founding college of the University of London.
• 1826 Treaty of Yandabo signed Ends the First Anglo-Burmese War The Konbaung kingdom of Burma signed the treaty with the British East India Company after a two-year war. Burma ceded Assam, Manipur, Arakan and Tenasserim and agreed to pay a large indemnity.