About the day » Thursday May 26, 1791Calender converter

• Archibald Forbes, Culross, Perthshire, Scotland
• Arien Fredriksz Schermer, Blokker, Netherlands
• Adriana Engelse den, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arien Schermer, Blokker
• Aaltje Rikkerts Pul, Ermelo († 1860)
• Ariaantje Rink, Haaften
• Aaltje Rijkerts (Rikkerts, Puijlen), Telgt († 1860)
• Aaltje Rijkerts (= Rikkertsen ), Ermelo-Horst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia DEJONGHE, Sint-Andries (Brugge), West-Vlaanderen, België († 1826)
• "Anna Margarita" Stamkot, Delft, ZH, Nederland

• Eildert van den Berg (65), Groningen, gemeente Groningen, provincie Groningen, Nederland
• Francisca Clara BRENTANO (85)
• Cornelis Klaasz Geus (52), Koedijk, Noord Holland
• Catharina van Breda(a), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nl
• Aalbert Leendertsz Blok (48), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Caatje Jacobus Dekker (48), Stavenisse
• Aalbert Leendertsz Blok alias Suyker (48), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Hendrik Noordzij (0), Pernis
• Francois SAUDRAIS (87), Izé, Ille et Vi, Bretagne
• Adrianis van Helslooten (2), Breda

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

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

• 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)
• March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
• September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
• September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
• November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

The temperature on May 26, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.