About the day » Saturday November 26, 1774Calender converter

• Cornelis de Bel, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Catherina Dorothea Vieth, Celle († 1818)
• Anna Catharina van STRIJP, Halle (Antwerpen) († 1835)
• Abigail Ingalls, New Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Beert Jansen Mouw, Elspeet († 1857)
• Andries Pieters (Andrys) Dijkstra, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)
• Anna Catharina Lauwers, Vosselaar († 1811)
• Agatha Cornelis Gulik, Huisduinen, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Boquez, Ichtegem († 1801)
• Cornelis de Bel, IJsselmonde, Nederland († 1829)

• Dorothea Geertrui Moojen (0), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Schouten (66), Katwijk
• Arie Jansz Hoek (77), Katwijk
• Anna, Elisabeth Vollmer (63)
• Hendrik Schouten (66), Katwijk
• Guilielmus Daelmans (45), Lippelo, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina de Kleijn (82), Leiden
• Barbara Ludovica Colen (0), Maastricht
• Angela Elisabeth (Engel) Vollmer (63), Mentrup-Hagen, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
• Evert Janse van der Knaap

• 1727 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician († 1800)
• 1731 » William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter († 1800)
• 1792 » Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist († 1873)
• 1817 » Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian-French chemist († 1884)
• 1827 » Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1915)
• 1828 » René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France († 1905)
• 1828 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic († 1895)
• 1832 » Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient († 1919)
• 1832 » Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic († 1901)
• 1837 » Thomas Playford II, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia († 1915)

• 1688 » Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635)
• 1689 » Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)
• 1717 » Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 » John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 » James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
• 1829 » Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
• 1836 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
• 1855 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
• 1857 » Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on November 26, 1774 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.