Famous Birthdays In November - 26

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  On November - 26 birth of john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ  

1609  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on this day in history.  

1678  On this day in history birth of jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)  

1703  On November - 26 birth of theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)  

1731  William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet (His Task) [NS] was born on November - 26.  

1736  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France) was born on November - 26.  

1744  On this day in history birth of karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer  

1754  On this day in history birth of georg Forster, writer  

1795  On this day in history birth of carl P Fohr, German painter  

1795  Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra was born on this day in history.  

1809  Mariano Obiols, composer was born on November - 26.  

1810  William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane) was born on November - 26.  

1816  On this day in history birth of william Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1818  Louis Lacombe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1823  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1827  Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

1828  René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

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

1832  Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

1847  On November - 26 birth of maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)  

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

1857  On November - 26 birth of ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)  

1858  On November - 26 birth of katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)  

1862  Mark A Stein, archaeologist was born on November - 26.  

1864  Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem) was born on this day in history.  

1865  On November - 26 birth of earl Ross Drake, composer  

1869  On November - 26 birth of maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)  

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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  On November - 26 death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

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 November - 26.  

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