About the day » Thursday August 26, 1790Calender converter

• Bartholomeus Olieroek, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia STERKENS
• Berend Ooyers Folmers, Harich († 1848)
• Bartholomeus Olierook, Loosduinen
• Bartholomeus Olieroek, Loosduinen
• Berend Hendriks Beekman, Leuvenum († 1867)
• Adriana Verbraak, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Ooyers Folmer, Harich, Friesland, Nederland († 1848)
• Auke Gerrits Boonstra, Oostrum († 1837)
• Berend Hendriksen Beekman, Leuvenum († 1867)

• Jacobus Schaepsmeerders (77), Tilburg (Nl)
• Jaapje Zuidgeest (0), Vlaardingen
• Geertruij Martijn (5), Hoek
• Franz Weihers (0), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Detlef SCHEFE (85), Quals (DE)
• Deborah Macy (28), Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
• Jan Klasens (79), Toornwerd 16
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Gatewood Bowman (26), Shenandoah, Virginia, US
• Dieuke Martens Bosman (63), Wijckel, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Fokje Aukes

• 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)

• 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)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)

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)
• January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
• March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
• May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
• May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

The temperature on August 26, 1790 was about 17.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.