Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26

1778  On this day in history capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)   

1778  Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii]) on this day in history.   

1778  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.   

1789  On November - 26 first national thanksgiving day celebrated in America, to mark the 1621 harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers   

1789  The first national thanksgiving on November - 26.   

1789  1st national Thanksgiving on November - 26.   

1793  On this day in history republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France   

1795  Carl P Fohr, German painter on this day in history.   

1805  Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer   

1809  On November - 26 nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56   

1810  William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane) on this day in history.   

1810  Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65 on November - 26.   

1816  William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army) on November - 26.   

1818  Louis Lacombe, composer on November - 26.   

1821  On November - 26 friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57   

1822  On this day in history johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53   

1823  On November - 26 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer   

1825  On November - 26 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  On this day in history alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1832  On this day in history the first streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«. fare)   

1832  On this day in history 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12 cent fare)   

1832  Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on this day in history.   

1835  HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ on November - 26.   

1841  1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan on this day in history.   

1842  The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

1850  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.   

1854  Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56   

1857  Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69 on November - 26.   

1859  On November - 26 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  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ   

1609  On this day in history birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)   

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

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on November - 26.   

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

1663  On this day in history birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)   

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on November - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1240  On this day in history 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  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on November - 26.   

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)