Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) on November - 26.
1778 On this day in history capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
1778 On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68
1784 On November - 26 catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
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 November - 26.
1789 1st national Thanksgiving on November - 26.
1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history carl P Fohr, German painter
1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on this day in history.
1809 Mariano Obiols, composer on November - 26.
1809 On November - 26 nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56
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 On November - 26 william Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 On this day in history louis Lacombe, composer
1821 On November - 26 friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57
1822 Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53 on November - 26.
1823 On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer
1825 The first college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on November - 26.
1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) on November - 26.
1827 Alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on this day in history.
1832 The first streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«. fare) on this day in history.
1832 On November - 26 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12 cent fare)
1832 On November - 26 mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader
1835 HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ on this day in history.
1841 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan on this day in history.
1842 The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.
1847 Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on November - 26.
1850 Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on November - 26.
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 On November - 26 joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69
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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