Famous Birthdays In November - 26

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

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

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  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  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on November - 26.  

1678  Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771) was born on November - 26.  

1703  On this day in history birth of theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)  

1731  William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet (His Task) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

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

1795  On November - 26 birth of cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra  

1809  Mariano Obiols, composer was born on this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history birth of william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane)  

1816  On November - 26 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 November - 26.  

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

1827  On November - 26 birth of ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)  

1828  René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905) was born on November - 26.  

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

1832  On this day in history birth of karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)  

1847  On this day in history birth of maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)  

1850  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) was born on November - 26.  

1857  On this day in history birth of ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)  

1858  On this day in history birth of katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)  

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

1864  On November - 26 birth of herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem)  

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

1869  Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938) was born on November - 26.  

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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  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  On this day in history death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)  

1267  On November - 26 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 this day in history.