Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26

1778  Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) on November - 26.   

1778  Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii]) on this day in history.   

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

1784  Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established on November - 26.   

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  1st national Thanksgiving on this day in history.   

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  On November - 26 official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.   

1809  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer   

1809  Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1810  Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history william Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  On November - 26 louis Lacombe, composer   

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

1822  On November - 26 johann Baptist Henneberg, composer, dies at 53   

1823  On November - 26 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer   

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

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 November - 26.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1847  Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on November - 26.   

1850  On November - 26 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 this day in history.   

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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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on November - 26.   

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on November - 26.   

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

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)   

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 this day in history.   

1663  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1126  On this day in history death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated   

1240  On November - 26 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 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.