About the day » Thursday May 26, 1870Calender converter

• Anna van Buren, Tull en 't Waal
• Albertus Lipmann, Amsterdam († 1906)
• Adolph Guhrauer, Leeuwarden
• Alida Stussij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Maria Worms, Stein,, Limburg, Nederland († 1938)
• Adriana Maria van der Borst, Etten-Leur
• Amélie HAESAERT, Torhout († 1878)
• Alida van Dongen, Schiedam († 1872)
• Adriana Cornelia Jansen, Ginneken en Bavel († 1941)
• Adolph Guhrauer, Leeuwarden

• Albert Mulder (0), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje ROOZEN (0), Dordrecht
• Antje Nieboer (30), Hoogezand (Kropswolde)
• Adriana Vriend de (65), Heinkenszand
• Adriana Slooters (70), Rucphen
• Aleida (Maria Alijda) Rabelink (62), Dreumel
• Anna Meijer (36), Medemblik
• Adriana Vriend de (65), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana de Vriend (65), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Dieleman (10), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on May 26, 1870 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.