Died on
Who died on November 26
111 figures who shaped history died on November 26.
- 111deaths
- 53events
Best known
Best known
Pope Siricius
Head of the Catholic Church from 384 to 399
Sylvester Gozzolini
Italian Catholic saint
Isabella I of Castile
Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504
Ralph Agas
Englist land surveyor (c. 1540–1621)
Henry Ireton
English politician and soldier
Luis Méndez de Haro
Spanish political figure and art collector
Pope Siricius — Head of the Catholic Church from 384 to 399, who died on November 26 399.
Sylvester Gozzolini — Italian Catholic saint, who died on November 26 1267.
Isabella I of Castile — Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504, who died on November 26 1504.
Ralph Agas — Englist land surveyor (c. 1540–1621), who died on November 26 1621.
Henry Ireton — English politician and soldier, who died on November 26 1651.
Luis Méndez de Haro — Spanish political figure and art collector, who died on November 26 1661.
All entries
- 946LLi Congyan
- 975
Conrad of ConstanceGerman bishop and saint - 1014
Swanehilde of SaxonyMargravine of Meissen - 1236AAl-Aziz MuhammadAyyubid emir of Aleppo from 1216 to 1236
- 1473DDiego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma
- 1639
John SpottiswoodeScottish archbishop - 1688
Philippe QuinaultFrench dramatist and librettist - 1689MMarquard GudeGerman archaeologist
- 1717
Daniel PurcellEnglish composer; relative of Henry Purcell - 1719
John Hudson (classicist)English classical scholar - 1780
James Steuart (economist)Scottish nobleman and economist - 1829
Thomas Buck ReedAmerican politician - 1836
John Loudon McAdamScottish engineer and road-builder - 1851
Jean-de-Dieu SoultPrime Minister of France and French Marshal - 1855
Adam MickiewiczPoIish writer and activist - 1857
Joseph Freiherr von EichendorffGerman poet and novelist - 1860BBenjamin Greene (brewer)Founder of Greene King breweries
- 1872
Pavel KiselyovRussian military officer and reformer - 1882
Otto Theodor von ManteuffelPrussian politician - 1883
Sojourner TruthAmerican abolitionist (c. 1797–1883) - 1885
Thomas Andrews (scientist)Irish chemist and physicist - 1892
Charles LavigerieFrench Catholic cardinal and missionary - 1895
George Edward DobsonIrish zoologist - 1896
Coventry PatmoreEnglish poet and literary critic - 1912
Joachim III of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1878 to 1884 and from 1901 to 1912 - 1917
Elsie InglisScottish doctor - 1919
Felipe ÁngelesMexican general and revolutionary - 1920
Semen KaretnykUkrainian revolutionary - 1926
Ernest Belfort BaxEnglish barrister, journalist, philosopher, socialist and historian - 1926
John BrowningAmerican firearms designer - 1928
Reinhard ScheerGerman admiral - 1929
John Cockburn (Australian politician)Australian politician - 1934
Mykhailo HrushevskyUkrainian historian and politician - 1936
Şükrü Naili GökberkTurkish politician - 1937
Silvestras ŽukauskasLithuanian general - 1941
Ernest LapointeCanadian politician - 1943
Edward O'HareUS Navy Medal of Honor recipient - 1950
Hedwig Courths-MahlerGerman writer - 1952
Sven HedinSwedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator - 1954
Bill DoakAmerican baseball player - 1956
Tommy DorseyAmerican jazz trombonist and bandleader - 1959
Albert KetèlbeyEnglish composer and pianist - 1962
Albert SarrautFrench politician - 1963
Amelita Galli-CurciItalian coloratura soprano - 1971
James AlberioneItalian Catholic priest - 1973JJohn RostillEnglish bass guitarist
- 1974
Cyril ConnollyEnglish writer - 1977
Yoshibayama JunnosukeJapanese sumo wrestler
- 1978
Ford BeebeAmerican screenwriter, film director - 1978
Frank RosolinoAmerican jazz trombonist - 1981
Pete DePaoloAmerican racing driver - 1981
Max EuweDutch chess grandmaster - 1982
Juhan AavikEstonian composer - 1985
Vivien ThomasAmerican laboratory supervisor - 1986
Betico CroesAruban politician - 1987
Thomas George Lanphier Jr.United States Army Air Forces officer - 1987JJ. P. GuilfordUnited States psychologist
- 1987
Peter HujarAmerican photographer - 1989
Ahmed AbdallahPresident of the Comoros from 1978 to 1989 - 1991
Ed HeinemannAmerican aircraft designer - 1991
Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931)American ice hockey coach - 1993
César Guerra-PeixeBrazilian musician - 1994DDavid BacheEnglish automobile designer
- 1994
Arturo Rivera y DamasArchbishop of San Salvador - 1996
Michael BentineBritish comedian - 1996
Paul RandAmerican graphic designer - 1997
Marguerite HenryAmerican novelist - 1998
Jonathan KwitnyAmerican journalist - 2001
Nils-Aslak ValkeapääSámi writer, musician and artist - 2002PPolo MontañezMusical artist
- 2002VVerne WinchellAmerican businessman/race horse owner
- 2003
Soulja SlimAmerican rapper - 2003SStefan WulFrench writer
- 2004
Philippe de BrocaFrench film director - 2004
C. Walter HodgesEnglish artist and illustrator - 2005
Takanori ArisawaJapanese composer and arranger - 2005
Stan and Jan BerenstainAmerican author and illustrator duo - 2005MMark CraneyAmerican drummer
- 2006
Mário Cesariny de VasconcelosPortuguese poet - 2006
Dave CockrumAmerican comics artist - 2006
Isaac GálvezSpanish cyclist - 2006RRaúl VelascoMexican television presenter
- 2007
Silvestre S. HerreraWWII US Army Pfc Medal of Honor France 1945 Mexican-American - 2007MMel TolkinAmerican comedy writer
- 2007
Herb McKenleyJamaican sprinter - 2010LLeroy DrummAmerican songwriter
- 2011
Manon ClearyAmerican painter - 2012
Celso Ad. CastilloFilipino film director and screenwriter - 2012PPeter Marsh (athlete)
- 2012
Joseph E. MurrayAmerican plastic surgeon - 2012
M. C. NambudiripadIndian popular science writer and translator - 2013
Arik EinsteinIsraeli musical artist - 2013
Jane KeanAmerican actress
- 2013
Saul LeiterAmerican photographer and painter - 2013
Tony MusanteAmerican actor
- 2014
Mary HinksonAmerican dancer - 2014
Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)Canadian ice hockey player - 2014
Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)British parapsychologist - 2015
Amir AczelIsraeli-born American lecturer - 2015
Guy LewisAmerican basketball player and coach - 2016
Fritz WeaverAmerican actor - 2018
Stephen HillenburgAmerican animator and educator - 2021
Stephen SondheimAmerican composer and lyricist - 2022
Vikram GokhaleIndian actor - 2024JJim AbrahamsAmerican film director and writer
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Who died on November 26?
111 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 26, including Pope Siricius, Sylvester Gozzolini, Isabella I of Castile. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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53 documented historical events happened on November 26, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Texas Revolution: Texian forces attacked a Mexican pack train, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass. On the same day, in another year: The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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