Historical Events In November - 26

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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1288  On November - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1640  On November - 26 birth of carl Rosier, composer   

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

1657  On this day in history birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)   

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

0399  On this day in history siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies   

0666  Death of Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) on November - 26.   

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on this day in history.   

1240  On November - 26 edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies   

1252  Death of Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188) on this day in history.   

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

1326  On November - 26 death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)   

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