Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26

1778  On November - 26 capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)   

1778  On November - 26 capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])   

1778  On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68   

1784  On this day in history catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.   

1789  First national thanksgiving day celebrated in America, to mark the 1621 harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers on November - 26.   

1789  The first national thanksgiving on November - 26.   

1789  1st national Thanksgiving on this day in history.   

1793  On November - 26 republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France   

1795  Carl P Fohr, German painter on November - 26.   

1805  Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on November - 26.   

1809  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer   

1809  Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56 on November - 26.   

1810  On this day in history william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane)   

1810  On this day in history nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65   

1816  On November - 26 william Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  On this day in history louis Lacombe, composer   

1821  Friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57 on November - 26.   

1822  Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53 on November - 26.   

1823  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer on November - 26.   

1825  The first college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on this day in history.   

1825  1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on November - 26.   

1827  On November - 26 alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1832  The first streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«. fare) on November - 26.   

1832  1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12 cent fare) on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader   

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ   

1841  1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan on November - 26.   

1842  On this day in history the University of Notre Dame is founded.   

1847  On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

1850  On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

1854  Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies on this day in history.   

1855  Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56 on November - 26.   

1857  Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round   

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1288  On November - 26 birth of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)   

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  On this day in history birth of carl Rosier, composer   

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

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on November - 26.   

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

0399  On November - 26 siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies   

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

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

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 November - 26.   

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