About the day » Sunday August 26, 1792Calender converter

• Agatha van der Vaart, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1842)
• Aletta Zieleman, Gouda, Nederland († 1874)
• Aletta Sieleman (Seelemans)), 5 jun 1874 († 1874)
• Aalbertje Ouwehand, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas (Andries) Alberts Kniertjes, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1832)
• Albertje Cornlsdr Ouwehand, Katwijk († 1868)
• Andries Bloklander, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1833)
• Aaltje Derks Faber, Schiermonnikoog († 1837)
• Adriana Clasina Kerkhof, Terheijden († 1840)
• Aleida Krabshuis, Almelo († 1872)

• Anna Maria VAN LOOCKE, St.-Pieters-O/D-Dijk,8000,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Elizabeth Borden (28)
• Johanna Gielens
• Ansje Bos, Mijdrecht (De Ronde Venen), Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Ariensz Versluijs, de Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Jongerling (41), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Marguerite Léonard NOËL dit NOE, WAIMES (Steinbach), Liège, Belgique
• Elizabeth WEBB (81), St Nicholas Hurst, Berkshire, England
• Anthonij Hengstmengel, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbara Theresia VANDEWIELE, Koolskamp Belgie

• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)
• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)

• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)

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

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

• 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 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
• May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
• May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
• June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
• September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

The temperature on August 26, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.