About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1903Calender converter

• Adriana KROON, Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Agnes M Green, Fairfax, Virginia, United States († 1996)
• Albertha Helena Wilberdina Lamers, Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Andries SLUIS, Curacao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Adriana van Oers, Waalwijk
• Adelaida Baca, El Paso, El Paso, TX († 1967)
• Adriana Johanna Hendrickx, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Antonia Bierman, Haarlem († 1989)
• Ankje Hoites Prins, Wierum († 1960)
• van Woensel, Loon op Zand

• Berend Janssen (2), Ede
• Aart van Bemmel (0), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltien (Kluiving) Kluivingh (72), Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Geelen (79), Tull en 't Waal
• Carolus (Charles, Karel) ROSSELLE (77), Roeselare
• Adriana (Jaantje) Zegwaard (72), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, 3135, Nederland
• Adrianus Geelen (78), Tull en 't Waal
• Carolus Petrus Hubertus Nooijen (18), Gemeente Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana OOSTEROM (61), Jaarsveld
• Abicatha Ordiway (72), Denver, Isabella, Michigan, United States

• 1900 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom († 1970)
• 1901 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 1972)
• 1901 » Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet († 1985)
• 1901 » Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader († 1972)
• 1901 » Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam († 1987)
• 1903 » Caroline Pafford Miller, American author († 1992)
• 1904 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic († 1986)
• 1904 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer († 1991)

• 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)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

The temperature on August 26, 1903 was between 8.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (41%).