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

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

1640  Carl Rosier, composer was born on November - 26.  

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.  

1678  Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 26.  

1736  On this day in history birth of charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France)  

1744  On November - 26 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 November - 26.  

1809  On this day in history birth of mariano Obiols, composer  

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  On November - 26 birth of thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1847  Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928) was born on November - 26.  

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

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

1858  Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.  

1862  On November - 26 birth of mark A Stein, archaeologist  

1864  Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem) was born on November - 26.  

1865  On this day in history birth of earl Ross Drake, composer  

1869  Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.  

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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  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on November - 26.  

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