About the day » Wednesday May 26, 1790Calender converter

• David Gallup, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut († 1848)
• Johannes (Jan) van den Donker, Rotterdam († 1849)
• Aaltje Annes Veenstra, lippenhuizen († 1811)
• Agnes van Kilsdonk, Schijndel
• Cornelius van Aken, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1790)
• Derk (Dirk) Boks, Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Derk Jansen Boks, Apeldoorn
• Catharina van de Kerkhof, Asten († 1792)
• Anne Marie WERMUTH, Waldighofen (68640, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1790)
• Alida van Engen

• Berend Veldink, Vorwald
• Jacob Conrad (0), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Joanna Boels (8), Geel, Belgie
• Joannes Mathias Timmermans (0), Kessel
• Jan Santegoets (74), Boxtel
• Jacobus Laurentius CEUNEN (47), Beringen, 3580, Limburg, België
• Hendrik Alberts Kloosterboer (73), Bergkerk Dev
• Anna Pesselse (5), Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Joanna Theresia Sinnaghel, Merkem,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Henrica van Rooij (0), Ravenstein

• 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)

• 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)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
• August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
• December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

The temperature on May 26, 1790 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken regen weerlicht.