Historical Events In November - 26
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1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) on this day in history.
1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii]) on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68
1784 Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established on November - 26.
1789 On this day in history first national thanksgiving day celebrated in America, to mark the 1621 harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers
1789 On this day in history the first national thanksgiving
1789 1st national Thanksgiving on this day in history.
1793 On this day in history republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
1795 On November - 26 carl P Fohr, German painter
1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on this day in history.
1809 On November - 26 mariano Obiols, composer
1809 On this day in history nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56
1810 On this day in history william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane)
1810 Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1816 On November - 26 william Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 Louis Lacombe, composer on this day in history.
1821 Friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1822 Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53 on November - 26.
1823 On November - 26 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer
1825 On this day in history the first college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on this day in history.
1827 Alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on November - 26.
1832 The first streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«. fare) on November - 26.
1832 On November - 26 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12 cent fare)
1832 Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on November - 26.
1835 On this day in history hMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ
1841 On this day in history 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan
1842 On November - 26 the University of Notre Dame is founded.
1847 Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1850 On November - 26 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)
1854 On November - 26 matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies
1855 On November - 26 adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56
1857 On this day in history joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69
1859 On this day in history last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round
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