About the day » Sunday May 26, 1776Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth WILLEMSEN, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1823)
• Alke Margarethe WENCKE, Ohrt, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• anna maria behaegen, Kirchhoven (heinsberg) († 1845)
• Annigje Maasland, Ameide, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1831)
• Adriaantje Laar van, Driebergen, Utr, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna van Looijen, Goidschalxoord
• Adriaan van der Heijden, Oss
• Aaltje Willems Smidt, Zwartsluis († 1858)
• Anna Maria Behaegen, Kirchhoven Duitsland
• Angelique Migneault, 1655047, 1654481, Quebec, Canada

• Jacob Wiltse (43), Albany, Albany, New York, United States
• Hendrik (Jaspersen) Van Dijke (43), St Maartensdijk (Z)
• Johann Wilhelm Schussy (3)
• Arnoldus Prince (1), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Geeske (3)
• Marguerite Amable Anne Charron LAROSE CABANA (42), Québec, Terrebonne
• Anna Vroege (0), Asperen, Nederland
• Peter 1724 Bennett (51), Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
• Helena Hyacinthe Valentine Therese Markgravin van Boischoot (82), Wenen
• Bouwe Klaasz (59), Oostenburg, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands 1018

• 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)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)

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

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

• 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 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
• March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
• June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.

The temperature on May 26, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.