About the day » Sunday May 26, 1748Calender converter

• anne thérèse augustine RORIVE, Boussu (Belgium)
• Anna de Meijer, Haarlem († 1795)
• Boudewijn van Rije, Numansdorp
• Andreas van de Kerckhof, Gemert
• Aaltjen Smees, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1824)
• Alexandrina Josephina ( Verschave ) Verschaeve, Langemark
• Aaltje Jacobse PUIJN, Baarn
• Cornelia Cornelisse Monster, Oudenhoorn († 1804)
• Claesje Claesse van den Engel, Hoogvliet († 1828)
• Anna Catharina Tappe, Borgholzhausen, Westfalen, Preussen

• Hermanus Hermans (0), Grathem
• Ephraine Dayton (46), New London, New London, Connecticut, Colonial America
• Mary Parker (63), Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Dirksdr Kleijn (42)
• Ephraim Dayton (48), New London, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Johann Hermann Wiegmann (60), Werther, Gutersloh, Duitsland
• Antonius Wilhemi Stoop (47), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, NL
• Gerrit Pieter Tromer (24), Breda
• Hermanus Henrici Hermans (0), Grathem, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana van der Weghen (25), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1623 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher († 1687)
• 1650 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire († 1722)
• 1667 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist († 1754)
• 1669 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist († 1722)
• 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
• 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
• 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
• 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)

• 1679 » Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
• 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
• 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
• 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
• 1762 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
• 1799 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
• 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)

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

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

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
• August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
• October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
• October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

The temperature on May 26, 1748 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.