About the day » Sunday August 26, 1792Calender converter

• Agatha Abelia Beckering, Leens († 1849)
• Aaltje (Altjen) - Melis Buijtenhuijs, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1849)
• Adriana Clasina Kerkhof, Terheijden († 1840)
• Adriana Klazina Leenderts' Kerkhof, Terheijden († 1840)
• Adriana Cornelia Wesdorp, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1821)
• Adriana Klazina Kerkhof, Terheijden, Nederland († 1840)
• Aart Kappers (Jansen), Velp (Rheden) († 1849)
• Aaltje Derks Faber († 1837)
• Alida van der SPEK
• Agatha Abelia Beckering, Leens († 1849)

• Anthonij Hengstmengel, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• barbara leendertsdr hoogerbrugge (72), hillegersberg thans rotterdam
• Catharina Buitas, Breda
• Jean Baptiste MAZY (84), Dechy,59187,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Jean-Baptiste CORNEZ (41)
• Joannes Basters (3), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Ariensz Versluijs, de Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marie Marguerite Léonard NOËL dit NOE, WAIMES (Steinbach), Liège, Belgique
• Christiaan Mulders
• Barbara Leenderts Hoogerbrugge (72), Hillegersberg

• 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.
• April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
• May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
• May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
• May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
• October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

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