Historical Events In November - 26

0399  On this day in history st Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on this day in history.   

0579  On November - 26 pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0666  On this day in history yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)   

0783  On this day in history the Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.   

1126  On November - 26 al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated   

1240  On this day in history edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies   

1267  On this day in history gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies   

1476  Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time on November - 26.   

1527  On November - 26 pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I   

1580  On November - 26 french Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty   

1598  Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java on November - 26.   

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ on November - 26.   

1621  On this day in history radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540)   

1640  On November - 26 carl Rosier, composer   

1648  Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen on this day in history.   

1651  On November - 26 henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40   

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer on this day in history.   

1653  Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51 on November - 26.   

1663  On November - 26 pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)   

1688  On November - 26 duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg   

1688  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53 on November - 26.   

1702  Premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter" on this day in history.   

1703  Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships on November - 26.   

1703  -27] Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed on November - 26.   

1716  On November - 26 the first lion exhibited in America (Boston)   

1716  1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) on November - 26.   

1731  William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet (His Task) [NS] on November - 26.   

1736  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France) on November - 26.   

1741  French & Beiers army occupies Prague on this day in history.   

1744  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer on November - 26.   

1754  Georg Forster, writer on November - 26.   

1764  France bans Jesuit enorde on this day in history.   

1776  On November - 26 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)   

1436  On November - 26 birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)   

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on November - 26.   

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)   

1640  On this day in history birth of carl Rosier, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer   

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

1663  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on this day in history.   

0399  On November - 26 siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies   

0666  On November - 26 death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)   

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on November - 26.   

1240  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1252  Death of Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188) on November - 26.   

1267  On this day in history gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies   

1326  On this day in history death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)   

1504  On November - 26 death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)