November 26th
1801 Charles Hatchett announced his discovery of columbium (niobium) before the Royal Society.
1817 C. Adolphe Wurtz, who discovered a method of synthesis of hydrocarbons (Wurtz Reaction), methyl and ethylamines, phosphorous oxychloride and glycol, was born.
1837 John A. R. Newlands, a researcher in to the periodic laws of element and deviser of the Law of Octaves, was born.