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November 26 in history

197 sourced entries recorded on November 26, from 43 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 43 BCEOctavian meets Antony and Lepidus in Bononia and the three enter into an official five-year autocratic pact, the Second Triumvirate (see lex Titia). To cement their reconciliation Octavian agrees to marry Claudia, a daughter of Antony's wife Fulvia by her former husband Publius Clodius Pulcher.source
  • 684684 Hakuho earthquake. A great earthquake strikes Japan. The people, houses, temples, shrines and domestic animals are greatly damaged.source
  • 101819-year-old Fujiwara no Ishi marries her nephew Go-Ichijō, becoming Empress of Japan (Chugu), the third in succession of the daughters of influential court official Fujiwara no Michinaga to become Empress. Michinaga, who sent her to court in March, holds a banquet in celebration.source
  • 1351Emperor Sukō abdicates as 3rd Emperor of the Northern Court of Japan.source
  • 1370Lithuanian–Muscovite War: In retaliation for the attack by the Grand Principality of Moscow on Tver and Bryansk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Principality of Tver begin a two-day siege of the Muscovite city of Volokolamsk. While the leader of Volokolamsk's defenses, Prince Vasily Ivanovich Berezuysky, is killed, the attackers end the siege without capturing the city, and then march toward Moscow.source
  • 1371In the Kingdom of Goryeo (now sections of North Korea and South Korea), King Gongmin names his Shin-Bi as his royal consort and primary wife.source
  • 1383The English Parliament adjourns and King Richard II gives royal assent to multiple laws, including "a confirmation of the liberties of the church", a prohibition of exports of weapons or food to the Kingdom of Scotland without royal approval, and the Vagabonds Act.source
  • 1465In Bohemia, Count Jaroslav Lev of Rožmitál departs from Prague along with 40 other Bohemian lords as part of King George's project of Establishment of Peace throughout Christendom.source
  • 1466Han Myŏnghoe becomes the new Chief State Councillor (Yonguijong) of the Korea, succeeding Ku Ch'igwan, who served for less than six months.source
  • 1476Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia for the third and last time. He is killed on the march to Bucharest, probably before the end of December. His head is sent to his old enemy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.source
  • 1497The coronation of Hans of Denmark as King of Sweden takes place at Stockholm, as he adopts the regnal name of King Johann II of Sweden.source
  • 1498Pope Alexander VI orders the demolition of the historic Meta Romuli pyramid in Rome in order to clear the way for the building of the new road to the Tiber Bridge.source
  • 1504On the death of Isabella I of Castile, Catholic Queen of Castile and Aragon, the Crown of Castile passes to her daughter Joanna.source
  • 1507Pope Julius II issues a damnatio memoriae forcing the members of the House of Borgia out of control of the Papal States.source
  • 1523At Santa Maria in Via Lata, Cardinal Marco Cornaro carries out the coronation of Pope Clement at the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata in Rome.source
  • 1536At the Château de Blois, the marriage contract between King James V of Scotland and King Francois of France to arrange the marriage of James to Francois' daughter Madeline, is signed despite the reluctance of the French monarch to send his daughter to an unhealthy climate.source
  • 1539Abbot Marmaduke Bradley and 31 monks sign the deed surrendering Fountains Abbey to the English Crown.source
  • 1566At the Craigmillar Castle, the advisers to Mary, Queen of Scots – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Secretary of State William Maitland of Lethington; Lord Chancellor George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly; Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll; and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell – advise her to divorce her husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. She refuses and the advisers decide that Darnley must be killed.source
  • 1569Francisco Álvarez de Toledo becomes the new Spanish Viceroy of Peru, succeeding Lope García de Castro as the governor-general of all Spanish territory in South America.source
  • 1570King Charles IX marries Elisabeth of Austria in the town of Mézières in Champagne.source
  • 1610French astronomers Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc and Joseph Gaultier make the first detailed observations of the Orion Nebula.source
  • 1624French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina.source
  • 1631Antwerp city council issues by-laws against price-gouging in the transportation of firewood.source
  • 1669navigator John Narborough sets sail from Deptford to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas.source
  • 1673King Christian V established the Countship of Jarlsberg.source
  • 1678William Staley, an English banker and a Roman Catholic, becomes the first person to be executed in connection with the "Popish Plot" arrests.source
  • 1678William Staley, a Catholic banker, becomes the first person to be executed in connection with the "Popish Plot".source
  • 1686The Treaty of Whitehall, more formerly the Treaty of Neutrality for America, is signed at the Palace of Whitehall in Westminster between representatives of King Louis XIV of France and King James II of England, with both sides pledging that "though the two Countries might be at war in Europe their Colonies in America should continue in peace and Neutrality". The treaty is broken less than two years later when King William's War breaks out in what is now the U.S. state of Maine.source
  • 1688Hearing that William of Orange has landed in England, Louis XIV declares war on the Netherlands.source
  • 1691In Limerick, "A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to the Almighty God for the Preservation of Their Majesties, the Success of Their Forces in the reducing of Ireland, and for His Majesties Safe Return" is celebrated in all Anglican churches in Britain and Ireland by order of Archbishop Tillotson.source
  • 1704The inauguration of the newly built Kastelskirken takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1725British astronomers James Bradley and Samuel Molyneux set up a telescope in Molyneux's private observatory to begin their observations of stellar parallax of the star Gamma Draconis. The observations, which start on December 3, lead to Bradley's pioneering discovery of the aberration of light.source
  • 1741November 25–26 – War of the Austrian Succession: Franco-Bavarian troops commanded by Maurice of Saxony storm in Battle of Prague city Prague.source
  • 1751Adolf Frederick is formally crowned as the King of Sweden. The coronation ceremony takes place almost eight months after he assumed the throne.source
  • 1761A 500-man force from the Army of Spain brings the revolt of Mexico's Maya population to an end, capturing the Yucatan village of Cisteil, killing about 500 of the 2,500 Mayan defenders and losing 40 of their own. The Spaniards arrest 254 people, including Jacinto Canek, who had proclaimed himself as King Canek Montezuma of the Mayas. Canek and eight other rebellion leaders are executed less than three weeks later.source
  • 1771First section of Monkland Canal opened.source
  • 1774English chemist Joseph Priestley becomes the first person to discover and identify sulfur dioxide.source
  • 1778New Jersey becomes the second state to agree to the Articles of Confederation.source
  • 1778In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.source
  • 1778In the Hawaiian Islands, Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.source
  • 1778in the Hawaiian Islands, James Cook becomes the first European to sight Maui.source
  • 1784The Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States is established.source
  • 1784The County of Muckadell is established by Albrecht Christopher Schaffalitzky de Muckadell (1720-1797) from the manors of Arreskov, Brobygård (including Olstedgård) and Gelskov.source
  • 1789A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States, as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.source
  • 1794French authorities order requisitioning and stockpiling of food.source
  • 1801Charles Hatchett announces his discovery of the chemical element niobium to the Royal Society.source
  • 1805The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened in Wales; it is 1,007 ft long and 126 ft tall.source
  • 1805The Ellesmere Canal's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened, the tallest and longest in Britain, completing the canal's Llangollen branch.source
  • 1806The Ellesmere Canal's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened, the tallest and longest in Britain, completing the canal's Llangollen branch.source
  • 1810Brewer and businessman John Molson asks the colonial government for the exclusive right to construct and navigate steam-boats, on the Saint Lawrence River, for 15 years.source
  • 181270,000 Spanish dollars in coins arrive in New South Wales on the Royal Navy ship HMS Samarang. To prevent their use outside the colony, holes are punched though the centre of the coins to create "holey dollars"—Australia's first official currency.source
  • 1825At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society as the first college social fraternity (it is the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups).source
  • 1831Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833): The start of the one year Siege of Akka by Egyptian forces.source
  • 1842The University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana (United States) is established by Father Edward Sorin, of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross.source
  • 1842The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana is established by Father Edward Sorin of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross.source
  • 1851November 26–27 – Morocco: French naval forces bombard the Moroccan city of Salé, in retaliation for looting of a French cargo ship.source
  • 1865Chincha Islands War: Battle of Papudo – The Spanish ship Covadonga is captured by the Chileans and the Peruvians, north of Valparaíso, Chile.source
  • 1875The Times newspaper in London reveals that Isma'il Pasha has sold Egypt's 44% share in the Suez Canal to Britain, in a deal secured by Benjamin Disraeli, without the prior sanction of the British Parliament.source
  • 1878American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin, over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face"), is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons.source
  • 1878James McNeill Whistler's libel case against critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting of the Thames Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face") is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the substantial costs.source
  • 1883An Australasian Inter-Colonial Conference is held in Sydney. Federation and annexation of surrounding islands are discussed by the Australian colonies, New Zealand and Fiji.source
  • 1885November 14–28 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria, but is defeated in the Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17–19.source
  • 1892The original Jenners department store in Edinburgh is destroyed by fire.source
  • 1894Wedding of Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace at Saint Petersburg.source
  • 1898General Ramón Blanco resigns as the spanish Governor-General of Cuba and is replaced by General Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos.source
  • 1898The U.S. Marines arrive on USS Boston at Tientsin in China in order to guard the American legation at Beijing.source
  • 1898A two-day blizzard known as the Portland Gale piles snow in Boston, severely impacting the Massachusetts fishing industry and several coastal New England towns.source
  • 1898A 2-day blizzard known as the Portland Gale piles snow in Boston, Massachusetts, and severely impacts the Massachusetts fishing industry and several coastal New England towns.source
  • 1899Legislative electionsource
  • 1915Battle of Nogales (1915)source
  • 1917The National Hockey League is formed in Montreal, as a replacement for the recently disbanded National Hockey Association.source
  • 1918The Podgorica Assembly ('Great National Assembly of the Serb People in Montenegro') votes for a "union of the people" between the kingdoms of Montenegro and Serbia and for deposition of the exiled King Nicholas I of Montenegro.source
  • 1922Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to see inside KV62, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, in over 3,000 years.source
  • 1924The Mongolian People's Republic is proclaimed.source
  • 1925Prajadhipok (Rama VII) is crowned as King of Siam.source
  • 1926All Italian Communist deputies are arrested.source
  • 1931Heavy hydrogen, later named deuterium, is discovered by American chemist Harold Urey.source
  • 1934Meteorite impact near Roisin.source
  • 1936The completion of Zhongshan Hall in Taihoku Prefecture.source
  • 1939Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Union's Red Army shells the Russian village of Mainila, then claims that the fire originated from Finland, giving a casus belli for the Winter War.source
  • 1940November 26–27 – Jilava Massacre: In Romania, coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, starting at a penitentiary near Bucharest. Among the dead is former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga.source
  • 1941The Hull note (Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan), named for Secretary of State Cordell Hull, is delivered to the Empire of Japan by the United States.source
  • 1941A task force of 6 aircraft carriers, commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, leaves Hitokapu Bay for Pearl Harbor, under strict radio silence.source
  • 1942El Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo was constructed in San Salvador.source
  • 1942The movie Casablanca premières at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.source
  • 1943November 22–26 – WWII: Cairo Conference ("Sextant") – President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Chairman of the National Government of China Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan in the Pacific War.source
  • 1943WWII: British troopship HMT Rohna is sunk off the north African coast by a Luftwaffe Henschel Hs 293 radio controlled glide bomb, killing 1,015.source
  • 19431943 Tosya–Ladik earthquakesource
  • 1945U.S. ambassador to China Patrick J. Hurley resigns after he is unable to broker a deal between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung.source
  • 1949The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution.source
  • 1950Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack against South Korean and United Nations forces at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, dashing any hopes for a quick end to the conflict.source
  • 1954Fire in the historical Grand Bazaar in Istanbulsource
  • 1955The British Governor of Cyprus declares a state of emergency on the island.source
  • 19601960 New Zealand general election: The National Party defeats the governing Labour Party after only three years in office. National leader Keith Holyoake becomes Prime Minister of New Zealand for a second time.source
  • 1962Mies Bouwman starts presenting the first live TV-marathon fundraising show (Open Het Dorp in the Netherlands), which lasts 23 hours non-stop.source
  • 1962Spiegel affair: German police end their occupation of the offices of Der Spiegel.source
  • 1964The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by NEC.source
  • 19651964–66 Balkans Cup: Albania defeats Turkey 2–0 at Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tiranasource
  • 1965At the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant A rocket with its first satellite, Astérix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.source
  • 19661966 Australian federal election: Harold Holt's Liberal/Country Coalition government is re-elected with a significantly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. Calwell resigns as Labor leader shortly after; he will be replaced by his deputy and future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.source
  • 1966In the Canadian Football League, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders to win the 54th Grey Cup at Vancouver's Empire Stadium 29–14. Saskatchewan are led by quarterback Ron Lancaster.source
  • 1967Major floods hit Lisbon, Portugal, killing 462.source
  • 1974Capital punishment is formally abolished.source
  • 1974Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.source
  • 1976The Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat is established.source
  • 1976Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.source
  • 1978Two British commercial divers, Michael Ward and Tony Prangley, die of hypothermia and drowning in the East Shetland Basin after their diving bell plunges to the seabed at a depth of over 100 m.source
  • 1979Binyamin Shahor (born 1916), Israeli politician.source
  • 1981November 25–26 – 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt: A group of mercenaries led by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport. Most of them escape by a commandeered Air India passenger jet; six are later arrested.source
  • 1982Toos van der Valk, wife of Gerrit van der Valk CEO of hospitality chain Van der Valk, is abducted from her house in Nuland by 3 Italian criminals. She was released after 3 weeks after paying 12 to 13 million guilders in ransom .source
  • 1991Michael Jackson releases Dangerous, selling 5 million copies in the first week.source
  • 1995The Australian Women's Party is launched in Brisbane, Queensland by a group which includes disenchanted Labor women.source
  • 1997Pakistan's first motorway linking Islamabad to Lahore is opened.source
  • 1999The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40.source
  • 2001The government declares a national state of emergency.source
  • 2002SES' 1K satellite fails to deploy properly after launch, requiring it to be deorbited. This is SES's first unintended loss.source
  • 2003UK foreign minister Jack Straw pays a brief, surprise visit to Iraq.source
  • 2003The supersonic passenger jet, Concorde, makes its last ever flight from Heathrow Airport in London to Bristol Filton Airport.source
  • 2003Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Iraqi General, tortured to death by the USA Army personnel while in prison.source
  • 2004November 14–26 – Typhoon Muifa kills 600 people in the Philippines.source
  • 2008The Greenlandic self-government referendum passes with 75% approval.source
  • 2008November 26–29 – 2008 Mumbai attacks: Ten terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terror group, carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting attacks across Mumbai, killing 166 people. One terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive and executed in 2012.source
  • 2010Algeria is clamping down on imports of books which preach the very conservative Salafist branch of Islam. It is part of a move to dissuade the growing popularity of the ideology.source
  • 2011The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It lands on Mars on August 6, 2012.source
  • 2012November 25–December 9 – Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of Mindanao.source
  • 2013At least 30 Haitian migrants die when a boat capsizes off the Bahamas.source
  • 2018NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on the surface of Mars.source
  • 2021COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta.source
  • 2021A gunman opened fire in central Kosovo on a bus carrying students, killing two of them, a boy and a girl, and the driver. In addition, a 14-year-old was injured but his condition is stable. According to local media, the gunman wore a mask and was armed with an AK–47 submachine gun. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani condemned the attack and asked the police to find the culprits as soon as possible and bring them to justice. "Hitting a bus with students is a blow to security and order," she wrote on Facebook.source
  • 2022November 19–November 26 – The 2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games are held in Santa Marta, Colombia.source
  • 2025President Saied summons European Union ambassador Giuseppe Perrone for meeting with leaders of the Tunisian General Labour Union and the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts.source
  • 2025Cyclone Senyar causes at least 1,390 deaths and leaves 186 missing in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.source
  • 2025December 14 – The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship is held in Germany and the Netherlands, and is won by Norway.source

Births

  • 907Rudesind, Galician bishop (died 977)source
  • 1188Yuri II of Vladimir, Kievan Grand Prince (died 1238)source
  • 1288Go-Daigo, emperor of Japan (died 1339)source
  • 1374Yury Dmitrievich, Russian grand prince (died 1434)source
  • 1401Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418)source
  • 1415Han Myŏnghoe, Korean politician (died 1487)source
  • 1436Princess Catherine of Portugal, nun and writer (died 1463)source
  • 1462Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (died 1514)source
  • 1466Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (died 1506)source
  • 1518Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora, Italian Catholic cardinal (died 1564)source
  • 1534Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (died 1613)source
  • 1552Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (died 1608)source
  • 1566Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (died 1645)source
  • 1585Herman op den Graeff, Dutch bishop (died 1642)source
  • 1594James Ware, Irish genealogist (died 1666)source
  • 1607John Harvard, English-born American clergyman (died 1638)source
  • 1678Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (died 1771)source
  • 1703Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (died 1758)source
  • 1727Artemas Ward, American major general (died 1800)source
  • 1810William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer, inventor of the Hydraulic accumulator (died 1900)source
  • 1827Ellen G. White, American religious leader, cofounder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1915)source
  • 182926 November (in England): Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, Governor of New Zealand.source
  • 1847Dagmar of Denmark, empress of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (died 1928)source
  • 1857Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (died 1913)source
  • 1857Ferdinand de Saussure, linguist (died 1913)source
  • 1939Tina Turner, American born Swiss singer and actress (died 2023)source
  • 1956Dale Jarrett, American race car driversource

Deaths

  • 350Paul I of Constantinople, Byzantine Orthodox bishop and saint.source
  • 399Pope Siricius dies at Rome after a 15-year reign in which he has commanded celibacy for priests, asserted papal authority over the entire Western Church, and threatened to impose sanctions on those who do not follow his dictates.source
  • 946Li Congyan, Chinese general (born 898)source
  • 975Conrad, bishop of Constancesource
  • 982Matilda, queen of Burgundy (or 981)source
  • 1014Swanehilde, German noblewomansource
  • 1128November 26 or 28 – Geoffrey Brito (or le Breton), archbishop of Rouensource
  • 1145Bellinus of Padua, Italian bishopsource
  • 1181Roger de Pont L'Évêque, Norman archbishopsource
  • 1236Al-Aziz Muhammad, Ayyubid ruler (born 1213)source
  • 1267Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (born 1177)source
  • 1316Robert Wishart, Scottish bishop (born 1240)source
  • 1316Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow (1271–1316)source
  • 1473Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelmasource
  • 1504Queen Isabella I of Castile (born 1451)source
  • 1516Giovanni Bellini, Venetian painter (born 1430)source
  • 1613Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, English politician (born 1534)source
  • 1639John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and historian (born 1565)source
  • 1641Hedwig of Denmark, princess (born 1581)source
  • 1651Henry Ireton, English Civil War leader (born 1611)source
  • 1651Henry Ireton, Civil War leader, of plague (born 1611)source
  • 1692Edmund Ludlow, English politician, soldier and regicide (1617–92) (born 1617)source
  • 1724Willem Mons was executed.source
  • 1780Sir James Steuart, Scottish economist (born 1712)source
  • 1789John Elwes, English miser and politician (born 1714)source
  • 1807Oliver Ellsworth, American founding father and 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (born 1745)source
  • 1829Bushrod Washington, American Supreme Court justice (born 1762)source
  • 1851Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French marshal, politician (born 1769)source
  • 1855Adam Mickiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish poet, writer (born 1798)source
  • 1857Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (born 1788)source
  • 1893Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Final Problem", published in the December dated issue of The Strand Magazine and serialized in Sunday newspapers worldwide, surprises the reading public by revealing that his popular character Sherlock Holmes had apparently died at the Reichenbach Falls on May 4, 1891.source
  • 1925King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam (born 1880)source
  • 1952Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (born 1865)source
  • 1965Hafeezudin Sirajuddin Moonshi, prominent doctor and former municipal commissioner (born 1895).source
  • 20192019 Albania earthquake: 51 people are killed and around 2,000 others injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Albania. The earthquake is the strongest to hit Albania in more than 40 years, and the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019.source
  • 2021Stephen Sondheim, 91, American composer and lyricist (West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd), nine-time Tony winner, cardiovascular disease.source
  • 2025An American citizen is killed in a suspected drug-related stabbing in Castara, Tobago.source