About the day » Sunday August 26, 1753Calender converter

• Abraham Nieuw, Maassluis
• Aaltje van der Eijk, 's-Gravenzande († 1824)
• Aaltje van der Eijk, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1824)
• AARTJEN DIRKSEN, Rhenen
• Abraham Nieuw, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina VAN DEN BROECK, Vorselaar, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aartjen Dirckse, Rhenen (Utrecht)
• Adriana Wittekoek, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aeltjen Jansen Coers, Voorst († 1805)
• Anna Maria Prevaux, Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland († 1757)

• Margaret Hoopes (1), East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Petronella Breepoel (4), Stekene, België
• Theodora Coenders, / NL
• Jan Geerts (1)
• Hinke Jans (28), Tzummarum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Johann Jacob Groninger (25), Küchen, Goppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Arij SMITS (28)
• Anna Willemsd. (Jannigje) Bekker (41), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Petrus Lambreghs (0), Meer, Provincie Antwerpen
• frerikjen Andries (53)

• 1694 » Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician († 1755)
• 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
• 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)

• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Johanna
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Catharina
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Elizabeth
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Adriana
14. Trijntje
15. Antje
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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 17 » In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• May 1 » Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

The temperature on August 26, 1753 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder omtrent helder.