November 26th, 1685

Born on November 26th, 1685

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What happened on November 26th?

November 26th, 2011

NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.

November 26th, 2008

A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.

November 26th, 1983

Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash.

November 26th, 1977

A speaker claiming to represent the "Intergalactic Association" interrupted a broadcast of Southern Television in South East England.

November 26th, 1940

The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations, including that of former Romanian prime minister Nicolae Iorga.

November 26th, 1939

The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later.

November 26th, 1914

A large internal explosion destroyed HMS Bulwark near Sheerness, killing 741 people on board.

November 26th, 1842

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.

November 26th, 1835

Texas Revolution: Texian forces attacked a Mexican pack train, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass.

November 26th, 2014

The European Space Agency's probe Philae landed on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

November 26th, 1917

Being unable to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, the other ice hockey clubs of Canada's National Hockey Association officially agreed to break away and form the National Hockey League.

January 1st, 1970

The Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic was formed by Mark Antony, Lepidus and Octavian.

November 26th, 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.

November 26th, 2021

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

November 26th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 26th

Same year
Born in 1685

65

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

*March 21st, 1685, Eisenach †July 28th, 1750, Leipzig

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

47

John Gay

English poet and playwright (1685–1732)

*June 30th, 1685, Barnstaple †December 4th, 1732, London

85

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French writer and historian (1685-1770)

*February 8th, 1685, Paris †November 24th, 1770, Paris

67

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)

*March 12th, 1685, Kilkenny †January 14th, 1753, Oxford

55

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

*October 1st, 1685, Vienna †October 20th, 1740, Vienna

71

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti

*October 26th, 1685, Naples †July 23rd, 1757, Madrid

86

Samuel Urlsperger

German Lutheran theologian

*August 31st, 1685, Kirchheim unter Teck †April 20th, 1772, Augsburg

74

Sebastián de Eslava

Viceroy of New Grenada (1685-1759)

*January 19th, 1685, Enériz/Eneritz †June 21st, 1759, Madrid

62

Pierre Roques

(1685-1748)

*July 22nd, 1685, Tarn †April 13th, 1748, Basel

27

Teresa Lubomirska

Polish noble lady

*January 1st, 1685, Kraków †January 6th, 1712, Innsbruck

76

Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg

*September 2nd, 1685, Ottweiler †November 6th, 1761, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

73

Jacob Theodor Klein

Prussian scholar (1685-1759)

*August 15th, 1685, Kaliningrad †February 27th, 1759, Gdańsk

60

Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

German botanist (1685-1746)

*April 30th, 1685, Hann. Münden †February 5th, 1746, Jena

33

Farrukhsiyar

Mughal Emperor

*August 20th, 1685, Aurangabad †April 28th, 1719, Delhi

66

Claude Joseph Geoffroy

French scientist (1685-1752)

*August 8th, 1685, Paris †March 9th, 1752, Paris

70

Antonio Bernacchi

Italian opera singer (1685-1756)

*June 21st, 1685, Bologna †March 1st, 1756, Bologna

77

Francesco Loredan

116th Doge of Venice (1685-1762)

*February 9th, 1685, Venice †May 19th, 1762, Venice

81

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Dutch linguist (1685-1766)

*January 9th, 1685, Groningen †April 7th, 1766, Leiden

64

Theophilus Grabener

German educator

*November 3rd, 1685, Thümmlitzwalde †April 15th, 1750, Meissen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1685 is a normal year and no leap year.

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