Historical Events In November - 26

0399  On this day in history st Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

0579  On November - 26 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 November - 26 al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

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

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1476  On this day in history 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.  

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

1580  French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

1598  Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java on November - 26.  

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

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

1640  Carl Rosier, composer on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen  

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 this day in history.  

1688  On November - 26 duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg  

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

1702  Premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter" on November - 26.  

1703  On November - 26 bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships  

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  On this day in history 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)  

1731  William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet (His Task) [NS] on November - 26.  

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

1741  French & Beiers army occupies Prague on this day in history.  

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

1754  On November - 26 georg Forster, writer  

1764  France bans Jesuit enorde on this day in history.  

1776  Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies on November - 26.  

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

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

1640  On November - 26 birth of carl Rosier, composer  

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on November - 26.  

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.  

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 November - 26.  

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

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  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1326  On this day in history death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)  

1504  On this day in history death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)