Historical Events In November - 26

0399  St Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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 November - 26 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 this day in history al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

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

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

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  On this day in history pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I  

1580  French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty on November - 26.  

1598  Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java on this day in history.  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540)  

1640  On this day in history carl Rosier, composer  

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

1651  On this day in history henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40  

1653  On November - 26 andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer  

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

1663  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) on November - 26.  

1688  On this day in history duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg  

1688  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53 on November - 26.  

1702  On this day in history premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter"  

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

1703  -27] Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed on this day in history.  

1716  On November - 26 the first lion exhibited in America (Boston)  

1716  1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.  

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

1736  On November - 26 charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France)  

1741  On November - 26 french & Beiers army occupies Prague  

1744  On November - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer  

1754  Georg Forster, writer on this day in history.  

1764  On November - 26 france bans Jesuit enorde  

1776  On this day in history dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies  

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on November - 26.  

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  On this day in history birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

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

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)  

1663  On this day in history birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)  

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

0666  On November - 26 death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)  

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on November - 26.  

1240  On November - 26 edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies  

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

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  Death of Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) on this day in history.