About the day » Thursday May 26, 1774Calender converter

• Geertruij Gerarda Bartolotti van den Heuvel, Ingen, Lienden
• Antonius Cuypers, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie († 1822)
• désirée LIENARD, Eugies (Belgium) († 1822)
• Hendrik Gerritsen Derriksen, Heteren,Gelderland,The Netherlands
• Abraham Moore, New York City, New York County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelius de ROOIJ, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Jaans, Rien († 1808)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Merckx, Terheijden
• Cornelis Blikman, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Scheen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Joannes Stijnen (34), Beek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Marie STEMMELEN (0), Burnhaupt-le-Haut, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Aagje van Willigen, Oosteijnde
• Adriana Catharina Ruelo, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Pronk (15), Katwijk
• Hendrik Duerink (34), Amsterdam (N.H.)
• Gerrit - Gerrits van Delden (39)
• Cornelis Gijse Haasnoot (37), Op Zee
• Elisabeth Gijsels (Gysels), Stekene (B)
• Cornelis Haasnoot (37), Op zee

• 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)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)

• 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)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on May 26, 1774 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.