Births on November 26

Maud of Wales

Born on November 26, 1869

Maud of Wales (d. 1938)

Maud of Wales, (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was queen consort of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. She was the youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom. Before her marriage, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales because her father was Prince of Wales at the time.

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Events on 1869

6 Mar

Periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
28 Apr

First Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
15 May

Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
17 Nov

Suez Canal
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
22 Nov

Clipper
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

Births on November 26

Maud of Wales

Born on November 26, 1869

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Events on 1869

Periodic table

First Transcontinental Railroad

Susan B. Anthony

Suez Canal

Clipper