November 26

Events

Pre-1600

783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.

1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.

1346 – Having been elected German king at Rhens on 11 July 1346, Charles IV is crowned King of Germany by bishop Walram of Cologne in Bonn.

1476 – 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.

1601–1900

1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.

1852 – 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.

1863 – 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.

1865 – Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

1901–present

1914 – HMS Bulwark is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men while at anchor near Sheerness.

1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

1918 – The Montenegrin Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

1920 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Red Army launches a surprise attack against the Makhnovshchina.

1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.

1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

1924 – The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established after a new constitution, passed by the first State Great Khural, abolishes the monarchy.

1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

1941 – World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina, in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions. On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs Hitokappu Bay for Hawaii.

1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

1942 – A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers occurs in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, leading to three deaths.

1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.

1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in New Cross, London, killing 168 people.

1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.

1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

1950 – Korean War: Communist Chinese troops launch a massive counterattack (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir) against United Nations and South Korean forces.

1965 – France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.

1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.

1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

1979 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 crashes near Taif in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board.

1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.

1986 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.

1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities with Azeri names.

1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.

1999 – The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.

2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.

2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

2008 – Mumbai attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place in Mumbai killing 166 citizens by 10 terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan based extremist Islamist terrorist organisation.

2008 – The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks in Dubai.

2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.

2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.

2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.

2019 – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.

2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

2025 – The Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaves at least 168 dead and 79 injured.

Births

Pre-1600

907 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (died 977)

1288 – Go-Daigo, Japanese emperor (died 1339)

1401 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418)

1436 – Catherine of Portugal (died 1463)

1466 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (died 1506)

1518 – Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora, Catholic cardinal (died 1564)

1534 – Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (died 1613)

1552 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (died 1608)

1594 – James Ware, Irish genealogist (died 1666)

1601–1900

1604 – Johannes Bach, German organist and composer (died 1673)

1607 – John Harvard, English minister and philanthropist (died 1638)

1609 – Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (died 1659)

1657 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (died 1735)

1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (died 1771)

1679 – Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (died 1755)

1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (died 1758)

1727 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (died 1800)

1731 – William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1800)

1792 – Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist (died 1873)

1811 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (died 1872)

1817 – Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian-French chemist (died 1884)

1827 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1915)

1828 – Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (died 1895)

1828 – René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (died 1905)

1832 – Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic (died 1901)

1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1919)

1837 – Thomas Playford, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (died 1915)

1853 – Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist (died 1921)

1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (died 1913)

1858 – Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (died 1955)

1864 – Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (died 1947)

1869 – Maud of Wales (died 1938)

1870 – Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (died 1949)

1873 – Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (died 1954)

1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (died 1950)

1878 – Major Taylor, American cyclist (died 1932)

1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1970)

1888 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (died 1978)

1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1976)

1891 – Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1977)

1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (died 1974)

1894 – Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (died 1964)

1895 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1971)

1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

1899 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (died 1936)

1900 – Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (died 1993)

1901–present

1901 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (died 1953)

1902 – Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (died 1971)

1903 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (died 2014)

1904 – Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (died 1991)

1904 – K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (died 2011)

1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (died 1982)

1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist (died 2013)

1908 – Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (died 2007)

1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager (died 1989)

1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager (died 1998)

1909 – Frances Dee, American actress and singer (died 2004)

1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (died 1994)

1910 – Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (died 1993)

1911 – Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess player and author (died 1992)

1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (died 1992)

1915 – Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (died 2016)

1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (died 2010)

1917 – Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (died 1989)

1918 – Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (died 2016)

1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (died 2010)

1919 – Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author (died 2013)

1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (died 2011)

1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-American director and producer (died 2004)

1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (died 2012)

1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (died 2000)

1923 – Tom Hughes, Australian politician and barrister (died 2024)

1923 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (died 2014)

1924 – Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (died 1992)

1924 – George Segal, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)

1925 – Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Uruguayan dictator (died 2016)

1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (died 2003)

1926 – Arturo Luz, Filipino visual artist (died 2021)

1926 – Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2017)

1927 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (died 2001)

1928 – Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese linguist and academic (died 2012)

1929 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2015)

1929 – Betta St. John, American actress, singer and dancer (died 2023)

1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung (died 2018)

1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal (died 2020)

1933 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer and actor (died 2007)

1933 – Richard Holloway, Scottish bishop and radio host

1933 – Stanley Long, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

1933 – Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor (died 2019)

1933 – Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (died 2015)

1934 – Cengiz Bektaş, Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist (died 2020)

1934 – Jerry Jameson, American director and producer

1934 – Sergio Pollastrelli, Italian politician (died 2025)

1935 – Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (died 2011)

1936 – Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist

1937 – Bob Babbitt, American bass player (died 2012)

1937 – John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019)

1937 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 1994)

1938 – Elizabeth Bailey, American economist (died 2022)

1938 – Porter Goss, American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA

1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist and academic (died 2021)

1938 – Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer

1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2025)

1939 – Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (died 1988)

1939 – John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment

1939 – Mark Margolis, American actor (died 2023)

1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2021)

1939 – Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon

1939 – Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (died 2023)

1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic

1940 – Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)

1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (died 2007)

1940 – Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic

1941 – Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano

1941 – Jeff Torborg, American baseball player and manager (died 2025)

1942 – Maki Carrousel, Japanese actor

1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress (died 2018)

1942 – Jan Stenerud, Norwegian-American football player

1942 – Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese physician and author (died 1970)

1943 – Paul Burnett, English radio host

1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (died 2002)

1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American novelist and essayist

1943 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (died 2012)

1944 – Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe

1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer

1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor

1945 – John McVie, English-American bass player

1945 – Jim Mullen, Scottish guitarist

1945 – Michael Omartian, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence

1946 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2014)

1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach

1946 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (died 2012)

1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player

1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish journalist

1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress

1948 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (died 2015)

1948 – Peter Wheeler, English rugby player

1949 – Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor

1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic

1949 – Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (died 2021)

1951 – Ilona Staller, Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician

1951 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2014)

1952 – Elsa Salazar Cade, Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist

1952 – Wendy Turnbull, Australian tennis player

1953 – Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development

1953 – Shelley Moore Capito, American politician

1953 – Harry Carson, American football player

1953 – Jacki MacDonald, Australian television host and actress

1953 – Julien Temple, English director, producer, and screenwriter

1953 – Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver

1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist

1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (died 2009)

1955 – Jelko Kacin, Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament

1955 – Gisela Stuart, German-English academic and politician

1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster

1956 – Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

1956 – Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe

1957 – Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor (died 1996)

1958 – Michael Skinner, English rugby player

1959 – Dai Davies, Welsh politician

1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic

1959 – Jamie Rose, American actress, singer, and dancer

1959 – Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster

1959 – Sergey Golovkin, Russian serial killer, rapist, torturer, and necrophile (died 1996)

1960 – Chuck Eddy, American journalist

1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and sportscaster

1961 – Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer

1961 – Tom Carroll, Australian surfer

1961 – Ivory, American wrestler and trainer

1962 – Fernando Bandeirinha, Portuguese footballer and manager

1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball player

1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player and coach

1963 – Matt Frei, German-English journalist and author

1963 – Joe Lydon, English rugby player and coach

1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier

1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1965 – Des Walker, English footballer

1966 – Kristin Bauer van Straten, American actress

1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer

1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer

1966 – Sue Wicks, American basketball player and coach

1967 – Ridley Jacobs, Antiguan cricketer

1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player

1968 – Haluk Levent, Turkish singer

1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player

1969 – Kara Walker, American painter and illustrator

1970 – John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster

1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian and radio host

1971 – Vicki Pettersson, American author

1971 – Winky Wright, American boxer and actor

1972 – James Dashner, American author

1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer

1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor, director, and producer

1974 – Line Horntveth, Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer

1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress

1974 – Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper

1975 – DJ Khaled, American rapper and producer

1975 – Patrice Lauzon, Canadian figure skater

1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer

1976 – Maia Campbell, American actress

1976 – Maven, American wrestler

1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player and manager

1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist

1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player

1977 – Campbell Walsh, Scottish canoe racer

1978 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer

1980 – Jessica Bowman, American actress

1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer

1980 – Jackie Trail, American tennis player

1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer

1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter and producer

1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer and pianist

1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian ice hockey player

1981 – Jon Ryan, Canadian football player

1982 – Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player

1982 – Luther Head, American basketball player

1983 – Matt Garza, American baseball player

1983 – Chris Hughes, American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook

1983 – Emiri Katō, Japanese voice actress and singer

1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (died 2007)

1985 – Matt Carpenter, American baseball player

1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter

1986 – Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist

1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player

1987 – Kat DeLuna, American singer, songwriter and dancer

1987 – Georgios Tzavellas, Greek footballer

1988 – Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress

1989 – Angeline Quinto, Filipina singer and actress

1989 – Junior Stanislas, English footballer

1990 – Avery Bradley, American basketball player

1990 – Chip, English rapper

1990 – Gabriel Paulista, Brazilian footballer

1990 – Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress

1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer

1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer

1991 – Corey Knebel, American baseball player

1992 – Anuel AA, Puerto Rican rapper and singer

1995 – James Guy, English swimmer

1996 – Malik Beasley, American basketball player

1996 – Brandon Carlo, American ice hockey player

1996 – Louane, French singer and actress

1996 – Marc Roca, Spanish footballer

1997 – Aubrey Joseph, American actor

1997 – Jennie Wåhlin, Swedish curler

1997 – Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English-Congolese footballer

1998 – Shivam Mavi, Indian cricketer

1999 – Jaycee Horn, American football player

1999 – Olivia O'Brien, American singer-songwriter

1999 – Jacob Shaffelburg, Canadian soccer player

1999 – Jung Wooyoung, South Korean singer and dancer

2000 – Lamecha Girma, Ethiopian athlete

2001 – Pau Víctor, Spanish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

399 – Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (born 334)

946 – Li Congyan, Chinese general (born 898)

975 – Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (bornc. 900)

1014 – Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen

1236 – Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (born 1216)

1267 – Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (born 1177)

1473 – Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma

1504 – Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (born 1451)

1601–1900

1621 – Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (born 1540)

1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and historian (born 1565)

1651 – Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1611)

1661 – Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (born 1598)

1688 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (born 1635)

1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (born 1635)

1717 – Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (born 1664)

1719 – John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (born 1662)

1780 – James Steuart, Scottish economist (born 1712)

1829 – Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (born 1787)

1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (born 1756)

1851 – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (born 1769)

1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1798)

1857 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (born 1788)

1860 – Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (born 1780)

1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (born 1788)

1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (born 1805)

1883 – Sojourner Truth, American activist (born 1797)

1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (born 1813)

1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (born 1825)

1895 – George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (born 1848)

1896 – Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (born 1823)

1901–present

1912 – Joachim III of Constantinople (born 1834)

1917 – Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (born 1864)

1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (born 1868)

1920 – Semen Karetnyk, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1893)

1926 – Ernest Belfort Bax, English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (born 1854)

1926 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (born 1855)

1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (born 1863)

1929 – John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)

1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (born 1866)

1936 – Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (born 1876)

1937 – Silvestras Žukauskas, Lithuanian general (born 1860)

1941 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1876)

1943 – Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)

1950 – Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (born 1867)

1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (born 1865)

1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (born 1891)

1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1905)

1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1875)

1962 – Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (born 1872)

1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (born 1882)

1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (born 1884)

1973 – John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (born 1942)

1974 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (born 1903)

1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (born 1920)

1978 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (born 1888)

1978 – Frank Rosolino, American trombonist (born 1926)

1981 – Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (born 1898)

1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (born 1901)

1982 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1884)

1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (born 1910)

1986 – Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (born 1938)

1987 – Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (born 1915)

1987 – J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (born 1897)

1987 – Peter Hujar, American photographer (born 1934)

1989 – Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (born 1919)

1991 – Ed Heinemann, American engineer (born 1908)

1991 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)

1993 – César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1914)

1994 – David Bache, English car designer (born 1925)

1994 – Arturo Rivera y Damas, Salvadoran archbishop (born 1923)

1996 – Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (born 1922)

1996 – Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (born 1914)

1997 – Marguerite Henry, American author (born 1902)

1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (born 1941)

2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (born 1943)

2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (born 1955)

2002 – Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (born 1915)

2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (born 1977)

2003 – Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (born 1922)

2004 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1933)

2004 – C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (born 1909)

2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1951)

2005 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (born 1923)

2005 – Mark Craney, American drummer (born 1952)

2006 – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (born 1923)

2006 – Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (born 1943)

2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (born 1975)

2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (born 1933)

2007 – Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)

2007 – Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (born 1913)

2007 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (born 1922)

2010 – Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (born 1936)

2011 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (born 1942)

2012 – Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1943)

2012 – Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (born 1948)

2012 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)

2012 – M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (born 1919)

2013 – Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1939)

2013 – Jane Kean, American actress and singer (born 1923)

2013 – Saul Leiter, American photographer and painter (born 1923)

2013 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (born 1936)

2014 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1925)

2014 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1938)

2014 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (born 1932)

2015 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950)

2015 – Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)

2016 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (born 1926)

2018 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961)

2021 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (born 1930)

2022 – Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (born 1945)

2024 – Jim Abrahams, American film director and writer (born 1944)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:

Alypius the Stylite

Basolus (Basle)

Bellinus of Padua

Conrad of Constance

Ethelwine of Athelney

Blessed Gaetana Sterni

John Berchmans

Pope Siricius

Sylvester Gozzolini

Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA))

November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia)

Constitution Day (India)

Republic Day (Mongolia)