November 26
Overview
Holidays & Observances
Christianfeast days:
Alypius the Stylite, Basolus (Basle), Bellinus of Padua, Conrad of Constance, Ethelwine of Athelney, John Berchmans, Pope Siricius, Stylianos of Paphlagonia(Eastern Orthodoxy), Sylvester Gozzolini, Isaac Watts(Episcopal Church (USA)), November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
A list of Christian saints and early Church figures commemorated on November 26th across various denominations.
Constitution Day(Abkhazia,Georgia)
Celebrates the adoption of the constitution in Abkhazia and Georgia, marking their foundational legal frameworks.
Constitution Day (India)
Marks the adoption of the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949, celebrated as Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas.
Republic Day(Mongolia)
Commemorates Mongolia's proclamation as a republic in 1924, celebrated with national festivities.
Alypius the Stylite
Feast day honoring Saint Alypius the Stylite, a 6th-century ascetic known for his pillar-dwelling devotion.
Basolus (Basle)
Honors Saint Basolus of Basle, a 7th-century hermit known for his piety and solitary faith.
Bellinus of Padua
Commemorates Saint Bellinus of Padua, a 12th-century bishop and martyr celebrated for his faith and leadership.
Conrad of Constance
Feast day of Saint Conrad of Constance, a 10th-century bishop renowned for his piety and scholarship.
Ethelwine of Athelney
Celebrates Saint Ethelwine of Athelney, a medieval hermit known for his contemplative life in the Somerset marshes.
Events
The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
Queen Adosinda of Asturias is confined to a monastery in 783 to secure her nephew Mauregatus's hold on the throne.
Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
During the Jin–Song Wars in 1161, the Song naval forces repelled the Jin fleet at Caishi on the Yangtze River.
Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
Vlad the Impaler, aided by Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory, reclaims the Wallachian throne for a third time in 1476.
In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
In 1778, British explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to land on the Hawaiian island of Maui during his third Pacific voyage.
A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
President George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in the United States in 1789 at Congress's request.
Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a marvel of civil engineering in Wales, officially opened in 1805.
The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
During Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Moscow in 1812, the Grande Armée began its perilous crossing at the Berezina River.
An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies.
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Banda Sea in 1852, generating a tsunami that killed over 60 people in the Dutch East Indies.
United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as an annual national holiday on the final Thursday of November.
Births
Rudesind
Galician bishop and saint who founded the Monastery of Celanova.
Go-Daigo
The 96th emperor of Japan who led the Kenmu Restoration and challenged the Kamakura shogunate.
Henry Beaufort
English nobleman and military commander who served during the Hundred Years' War.
Portuguese princess who became queen consort of Castile through her marriage to King Henry IV.
Edward Hastings
English nobleman and courtier who served as a trusted advisor and diplomat under the early Tudor monarchy.
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and influential member of the powerful Sforza and Farnese families during the Renaissance.
Henry Berkeley
English nobleman who served as Baron Berkeley and held various military and administrative roles in Tudor England.
Seonjo of Joseon
The 14th king of the Joseon dynasty who ruled Korea through the turmoil of the Japanese invasions.
James Ware
Irish historian and antiquarian who authored comprehensive works on Ireland’s history and genealogy.
Deaths
Siricius
Siricius was Pope of the Catholic Church from 384 until his death in 399, known for issuing early papal decretals and strengthening papal authority.
Li Congyan
Li Congyan was a Chinese general of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, serving as military governor of Fengxiang.
Conrad of Constance
Conrad of Constance was a German bishop celebrated for his piety and later venerated as a saint.
Swanehilde of Saxony
Swanehilde of Saxony was a noblewoman who became Margravine of Meissen in the early 11th century.
Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi
Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi was the Ayyubid emir of Aleppo for a brief reign in the early 13th century.
Sylvester Gozzolini
Sylvester Gozzolini was an Italian monk who founded the Sylvestrine monastic order known for its strict observance.
Diego Fernández de la Cueva
Diego Fernández de la Cueva was the first Viscount of Huelma, a Spanish nobleman with influence in the Kingdom of Castile.
Isabella I
Isabella I was Queen of Castile and León whose policies and patronage helped shape the future of Spain.
Ralph Agas
Ralph Agas was an English surveyor and cartographer celebrated for his detailed county maps of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.