Historical Events In November - 02
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
0676 In this year, Donus starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0676 In this year, Donus starts his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II. 

1048 All Soul's Day declared. A Christian day dedicated to all departed souls of the faithful, especially those in purgatory 

1171 Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies 

1327 King Alfonso IV of Aragon crowned. 

1355 English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 

1418 Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein 

1483 Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 

1528 Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) 

1532 Zealand/South Holland flooded. 

1570 A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 people 

1588 Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 

1610 Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 

1635 Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68 

1642 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III. 

1648 12000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia. 

1675 A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War. 

1697 Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried 

1712 Suriname govt gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, Æ’682800 

1717 Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies 

1722 Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland. 

1731 Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26. 

1734 Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915) 

1739 Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer. 

1741 Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Neth Democratic Patriots 

1749 English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post. 

1755 Marie Antoinette, the wife of French King Louis XVI is born in Vienna. 

1755 Marie Antoinette, Former Queen of France is born. 

1755 Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake 

1772 Boston patriot Samuel Adams, 50, and local physician Joseph Warren, 31, organize a Committee of Correspondence, similar committees spring up throughout the colonies, relaying the anti-British polemics of Adams and others 

1772 Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms 

1781 Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78. 

1783 Gen Washington bids farewell to his army. 

1785 Frederic Kalkbrenner, composer. 

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