About the day » Sunday August 26, 1781Calender converter

• Aafje Hoogwinkel, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1843)
• Aafje Hoogwinkel, Vlaardingen († 1843)
• Aaltje Tjipkes Steffens († 1862)
• Aafke Hindriks, Ureterp
• Aantje Buizer, Meerkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1869)
• Anna Apponyi van Nagy-Appony († 1852)
• Alida Snelleman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• (1) Rutger Willems Ruijter (Ruiter, Ruyter), Eemnes, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1823)
• Aalbert Donk, Meerkerk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aalbert Petersz Donk, Meerkerk

• Aantje Buijserd (6), Meerkerk
• Agnetis Hermens, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnold Joseph THONNAR (1), Cerexhe heuseux,, Belgique
• Cornelia (Maria Cornelia) Stevens, Holtum, Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha van Weeren (45), Leiden, Catharina Gasthuis
• Jan Johannes Minnaar (66), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Cornelia LAMAN (61), Amsterdam
• Bernard Joseph Tilman (56), Hannut
• Jenneken Berends
• Anna Catharina Paessens (46), Molenstede (Schaffen), Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie

• 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)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)
• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)

• 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. 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)
• February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
• September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

The temperature on August 26, 1781 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.