Historical Events In November - 26
Friday, 31 March 2023
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 On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68
1784 Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1789 On this day in history 1st national Thanksgiving
1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France on November - 26.
1795 Carl P Fohr, German painter on this day in history.
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 On November - 26 william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane)
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 this day in history.
1821 On this day in history 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 On November - 26 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
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 Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader on November - 26.
1835 On November - 26 hMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ
1841 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan on November - 26.
1842 The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.
1847 On November - 26 alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris
1850 On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)
1854 On this day in history matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies
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 November - 26.
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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