About the day » Saturday May 26, 1781Calender converter

• Franciscus KERSTENS, Kalmthout
• Chatarina "Catherine" Hunsucker, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1850)
• Catharina Buijtenom, Rijnsburg († 1859)
• Domus Wolphertse Verhage, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, NL
• Elisabeth Schuurs, Delft († 1783)
• Elisabeth Specht, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg († 1781)
• Christianus Kerkhofs, Reusel
• Arnoldus van Gastel, Oudenbosch († 1835)
• Aimable Joseph WICART, Santes, 59553, Nord, Nord, France († 1783)
• Catharina Jansdr. Buijtenom, Rijnsburg († 1859)

• Dirk Klaasz Nooij (75), Enkhuizen
• Elsien Wilts Buirs (23), Onstwedde
• Cornelis Cornelius van Gestel (34), Hilvarenbeek (NL)
• Elizabeth Jansdr van den Boogaard, Alkemade (Nieuwe Wetering), Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elsje Wilts Buirs, onstwedde
• Catharina Van Messem (65), Berg
• bastiaantje joostdr van der BURG (39), numansdorp
• Ariaantje Pietersze Kok (64), Charlois, Nederland
• Harmen Wilhelmsz van Hulst (67), Katendrecht, zh.nld
• Heyltje Bottelier (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Joannes
5. Hendrik
6. Cornelis
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jean
12. Jacobus
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. Adriana
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on May 26, 1781 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.