Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26

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

1778  Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii]) on November - 26.   

1778  On November - 26 jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68   

1784  On November - 26 catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.   

1789  On November - 26 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 November - 26.   

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

1795  On this day in history carl P Fohr, German painter   

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

1809  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer   

1809  On November - 26 nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56   

1810  William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane) on November - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1823  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history 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  Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on November - 26.   

1835  On November - 26 hMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ   

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

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

1847  On November - 26 alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

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

1854  Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies on November - 26.   

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  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 November - 26.   

1640  On this day in history birth of carl Rosier, composer   

1653  On November - 26 birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer   

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

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  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 November - 26.