Historical Events In November - 26

1778  On this day in history capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)  

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

1778  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1784  Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history first national thanksgiving day celebrated in America, to mark the 1621 harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers  

1789  The first national thanksgiving on this day in history.  

1789  1st national Thanksgiving on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history 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 November - 26 mariano Obiols, composer  

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

1810  William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane) on this day in history.  

1810  On November - 26 nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65  

1816  William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

1818  Louis Lacombe, composer on November - 26.  

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

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

1823  On November - 26 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer  

1825  On November - 26 the first college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))  

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 this day in history.  

1832  1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12 cent fare) on November - 26.  

1832  Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on this day in history.  

1835  HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ on this day in history.  

1841  On this day in history 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan  

1842  The University of Notre Dame is founded on November - 26.  

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

1850  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.  

1854  On November - 26 matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies  

1855  Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69  

1859  Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round on November - 26.  

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

1436  On November - 26 birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on November - 26.  

1609  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) was born on November - 26.  

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 November - 26.  

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

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

0666  Death of Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) on November - 26.  

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 November - 26 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  On November - 26 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.