About the day » Sunday April 26, 1789Calender converter

• Abraham Klaasz Nottelman, Kolhorn, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Anna Grubbeltsdr Brands, Durgerdam, Nederland († 1793)
• Aaltje Ides' Zeeman, Enkhuizen († 1870)
• Adrianus den Hartog, Delfshaven, Gemeente Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Fekke, Beets († 1840)
• Abraham Johannesz Heesterman, Delft
• Anna Cornelisdr van der Bijl, Warmond
• Aagje van Haastert (van Haastrecht), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands († 1808)
• Abraham Klaasz Nottelman, Kolhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Anna Gertrudis Pitz, Griethausen, Duitsland

• Clara Geertruijd Metternach (67), Utrecht
• Hepzibah Sawyer (88), Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Jean Boelen (53), Kleine Spouwen
• Gerrit Blom (29)
• Fokke Idzerts (38), Burum, Frysland, Netherlands
• Henricus Smits (54), Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertje Jacobs Leliveld (54)
• David Allis (68), Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Grietje (63), Putten-Diermen
• Aard Colijn (1)

• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)
• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

The temperature on April 26, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.