Timeline Monday 26 November 1855

Events on Monday 26 November 1855 2

• 1798 – 1855 Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) Died 26 November 1855, aged 56 Adam Mickiewicz, regarded as Poland's national poet, died of cholera in Constantinople while trying to organize Polish legions to fight Russia in the Crimean War. His epic poem Pan Tadeusz is considered a cornerstone of Polish literature. He spent much of his life in political exile.
• 1798 – 1855 Adam Mickiewicz National Poet The primary figure in Polish Romanticism, author of Pan Tadeusz.