Events & Holidays In November - 26

Algeria Accords Day (Sao Tome & Principe)

Anniversary of the Death of Alkoutb Said Muhammad Cheif Al Maarouf (Comoros)

Proclamation Day (Mongolia)

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

0666  Death of Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) on this day in history.   

1126  On this day in history death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated   

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 this day in history.   

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

1326  Death of Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286) on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)