About the day » Sunday May 26, 1861Calender converter

• Andries de Loor, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1923)
• Rotteveel Mansveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Van Damme, Kalken († 1861)
• Anna Smets, Leende († 1945)
• Antony Koninger, Lichtenvoorde († 1899)
• Bottje Douwes Kroeze, Mirns en Bakhuizen († 1941)
• Baukje Jacobs Koelmans, St. Annaparochie
• Adriana Noordzij, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Johannes Osinga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)

• Cornelis Stad (78), Koog aan de Zaan
• Aafje van der Willik (48), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Wakkee (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christoffel Wilhem Eekhout (5), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Arie Bosman (43), Den Haag,-
• Antonia Bongers (62), Noord Brabant, Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Reurs (61), Woensel (Ehv)
• Antonia Hendrica Haring (76), Apeldoorn
• Anne McGown (39), Coffee, Tennessee, United States
• Arie Bosman (43), Den Haag

• 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)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 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)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

The temperature on May 26, 1861 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.