War · November 26, 1812

Battle of Berezina

Name: Battle of Berezina
Start: 1812-11-26
Location: Berezina, Belarus

213 years ago · Berezina, Belarus

213th anniversary

The Battle of (the) Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral Chichagov.

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The 214th anniversary falls on November 26, 2026.

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1939–2023

Tina Turner

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she broke both racial and gender barriers in rock music with her vocal prowess and stage presence.

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1857–1913

Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure (French:; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century.

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1909–1994

Eugène Ionesco

Eugène Ionesco (French:; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian:; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century.

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Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian–American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider.

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2008

26/11 Mumbai attacks

The 2008 Mumbai attacks, colloquially known as 26/11, were a coordinated series of twelve Islamic terrorist attacks carried out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, from 26 to 29 November 2008, by ten members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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2019

2019 Albania earthquake

On 26 November 2019 at 03:54 CET (UTC+1), northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras.

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2023

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 26 November 2023 at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France, and presented by Olivier Minne, Laury Thilleman, and Ophenya.

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Culture

2025

Wang Fuk Court fire

On 26 November 2025, a large fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong, and burned for 44 hours and 18 minutes. Seven out of the eight blocks of the complex were consumed by the fire.

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