Historical Events In November - 26

0399  St Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on November - 26.   

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on this day in history.   

0579  On this day in history pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0666  On this day in history yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)   

0783  On November - 26 the Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.   

1126  On November - 26 al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated   

1240  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on November - 26.   

1267  On November - 26 gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies   

1476  Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time on November - 26.   

1527  Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I on November - 26.   

1580  On November - 26 french Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty   

1598  On November - 26 jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java   

1607  On November - 26 john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ   

1621  Radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540) on this day in history.   

1640  Carl Rosier, composer on this day in history.   

1648  Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen on this day in history.   

1651  Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer   

1653  Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1663  On November - 26 pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)   

1688  Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg on November - 26.   

1688  On November - 26 philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53   

1702  On November - 26 premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter"   

1703  Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships on November - 26.   

1703  On November - 26 -27] Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed   

1716  The first lion exhibited in America (Boston) on November - 26.   

1716  On November - 26 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)   

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

1736  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France) on this day in history.   

1741  On November - 26 french & Beiers army occupies Prague   

1744  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer on November - 26.   

1754  Georg Forster, writer on this day in history.   

1764  France bans Jesuit enorde on November - 26.   

1776  On November - 26 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies   

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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  Carl Rosier, composer was born on November - 26.   

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  On November - 26 birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)   

0399  On this day in history siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies   

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  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on November - 26.   

1252  On this day in history death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)   

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on November - 26.   

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)