Editing November 26 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1778]] &ndash; In the [[Hawaiian Islands]], Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to visit [[Maui]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; A national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President [[George Washington]] at the request of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; Official opening of [[Thomas Telford]]'s [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Berezina]] begins during [[Napoleon]]'s retreat from [[Russia]].
*[[1852]] &ndash; An earthquake as high as [[1852 Banda Sea earthquake|magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea]], triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref name="Ringer">{{cite journal |last1=H. Ringer, J. P. Whitehead, J. Krometis, R. A. Harris, N. Glatt-Holtz, S. Giddens, C. Ashcraft, G. Carver, A. Robertson, M. Harward, J. Fullwood, K. Lightheart, R. Hilton, A. Avery, C. Kesler, M. Morrise, M. H. Klein |title=Methodological Reconstruction of Historical Seismic Events From Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |date=2021 |volume=126 |issue=4 |doi=10.1029/2020JB021107 |url=http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |access-date=19 June 2021 |arxiv=2009.14272 |bibcode=2021JGRB..12621107R |s2cid=222066748 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; United States President [[Abraham Lincoln]] proclaims November 26 as a national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|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]] &ndash; [[Battle of Papudo]]: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of [[Valparaíso]], Chile.