Historical Events In November - 26

1778  On November - 26 capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)   

1778  On this day in history capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])   

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  On this day in history the first national thanksgiving   

1789  On November - 26 1st national Thanksgiving   

1793  Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France on this day in history.   

1795  On November - 26 carl P Fohr, German painter   

1805  On this day in history official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.   

1809  On November - 26 mariano Obiols, composer   

1809  Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57   

1822  Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1823  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer on November - 26.   

1825  The first college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on November - 26.   

1825  1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on November - 26.   

1827  On November - 26 alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1832  The first streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«. fare) on November - 26.   

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

1832  Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on November - 26.   

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  On this day in history the University of Notre Dame is founded.   

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

1850  On November - 26 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

1854  Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies on November - 26.   

1855  On November - 26 adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56   

1857  Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1859  Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round on this day in history.   

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1288  On November - 26 birth of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)   

1436  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)   

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

1609  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) was born on November - 26.   

1640  Carl Rosier, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on November - 26.   

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  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  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on November - 26.   

1252  On November - 26 death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)   

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

1326  Death of Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286) on November - 26.   

1504  Death of Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) on November - 26.