Page 2: Historical Events In November - 26

1778  On November - 26 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 November - 26.   

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  On November - 26 1st national Thanksgiving   

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

1795  On November - 26 carl P Fohr, German painter   

1805  Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on this day in history.   

1809  On November - 26 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  Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer, dies at 65 on November - 26.   

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

1818  Louis Lacombe, composer on November - 26.   

1821  On November - 26 friedrich Heine, composer, dies at 57   

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

1823  On November - 26 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer   

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  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 November - 26.   

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 November - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1850  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on November - 26.   

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

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.   

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)   

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

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)   

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  On this day in history death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)   

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on this day in history.   

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  On November - 26 gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies   

1326  On this day in history death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)   

1504  On this day in history death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)