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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Nov 26 1609

    Henry Dunster American clergyman and first President of Harvard College born in Bolholt Bury Lancashire (d. 1659)

    Nov 26 1640

    Carl Rosier Dutch baroque composer born in Lige (d. 1725)

    Nov 26 1653

    Andreas Anton Schmelzer Austrian composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1701)

    Nov 26 1657

    William Derham English clergyman natural theologian and scientist born in Stoulton Worcestershire (d. 1735)

    Nov 26 1663

    Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) born in Lima Peru (d. 1743)

    Nov 26 1678

    Jean Jacques dOrtous de Mairan French geophysicist born in Bziers France (d. 1771)

    Nov 26 1703

    Theophilus Cibber English actor and writer born in London England (d. 1758)

    Nov 26 1727

    Artemas Ward American politician and soldier (major general during the American Revolutionary War) born in Shrewsbury Massachusetts (d. 1800)

    Nov 26 1731

    William Cowper English pre-romantic poet (His Task) born in Berkhamsted Hertfordshire England (d. 1800)

    Nov 26 1736

    Charles-Joseph Panckoucke French publisher (Mercure de France) born in Lille France (d. 1798)

    Nov 26 1744

    Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff German composer born in Erlangen Bavaria (d. 1785)

    Nov 26 1754

    Georg Forster German writer naturalist (A Voyage Round the World) and revolutionary born in Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwr) Royal Prussia Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1794)

    Nov 26 1795

    Carl Philipp Fohr German painter and cartoonist born in Heidelberg Germany (d. 1818)

    Nov 26 1795

    Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout Dutch military and President of West Sumatra born in Haarlem Netherlands (d. 1843)C

    Nov 26 1809

    Mari Obiols Catalan composer born in Barcelona (d. 1888)

    Nov 26 1810

    William Armstrong 1st Baron Armstrong and British industralist (hydraulic crane) born in Newcastle upon Tyne England (d. 1900)

    Nov 26 1816

    William H. T. Walker American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Augusta Georgia (d. 1864)

    Nov 26 1818

    Louis Lacombe French pianist and composer born in Bourges France (d. 1884)

    Nov 26 1823

    Thomas Tellefsen Norwegian pianist and composer born in Trondheim Norway (d. 1874)

    Nov 26 1827

    Alfred Moore Scales American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina) born in Reidsville North Carolina (d. 1892)

    Nov 26 1828

    Ren Goblet French politician (41st Prime Minister of France) born in Aire-sur-la-Lys France (d. 1905)

    Nov 26 1832

    Mary Edwards Walker American surgeon and womens rights leader and only woman to receive Medal of Honor (bravery during Civil War) born in Oswego New York (d. 1919)

    Nov 26 1832

    Rudolph Koenig German physicist born in Knigsberg Prussia (d. 1901)

    Nov 26 1847

    Maria Feodorovna Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia born in Yellow Palace Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1928)

    Nov 26 1850

    Henricus van de Wetering Archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) born in Hoogland Netherlands (d. 1929)

    Nov 26 1853

    Bat Masterson American gunfighter in the Wild West born in Henriville Canada East (d. 1921)

    Nov 26 1857

    Ferdinand de Saussure Swiss linguist (Mmoire sur le systme primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-europennes) born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1913)

    Nov 26 1858

    Katharine Drexel American philanthropist and Roman Catholic Saint born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1955)

    Nov 26 1862

    Marc Aurel Stein Hungarian-British archaeologist born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1943)

    Nov 26 1864

    Herman Gorter Dutch socialist and poet (May Tiny Heros Poem) born in Wormerveer Netherlands (d. 1927)

    Nov 26 1865

    Earl Ross Drake American composer born in Aurora Illinois (d. 1916)

    Nov 26 1869

    Maud of Wales Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII born in Marlborough House London (d. 1938)

    Nov 26 1874

    Edmond Fleg[enheimer] Swiss-French author (Ecoute Israel) born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1963)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Nov 26 1527 Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I

    Nov 26 1580 French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty

    Nov 26 1784 Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established

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