About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1863Calender converter

• Allen Drury Coffman, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee († 1934)
• Adrianus Josephus Zwanenberg, Orthen,'s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Catharina Scheppers, Westphalia, Osage, Missouri, United States († 1930)
• Adrianus Oostrum van, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• van Busschbach
• Afien Tebbenhof, Bellingwolde
• Albertus Antonie Maandag, Doesburg Gld. Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Klasina Visser, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aaffien tebbenhoff, bellingwolde († 1945)
• Aafje Johannesd Hubbeling, Den Helder († 1918)

• Aaltje Sotthewes (1), Deventer
• Aaltje Boelens (Boeles) (63), Smallingerland (Friesland)
• antje appel (33), wognum
• Baukje Gerrits Cupido (13), Terschelling (Frl.)
• Abraham Jacob Cnoop Koopmans (32), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antoinette Geyr van Schweppenburg (28)
• Alberdina Rijkeboer (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Man in 't Veld (54), Rockanje
• Aaltje Boeles (63), Drachten
• Wiebe Bonnes Bijker (29), Opsterland

• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)
• 1856 » Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress († 1939)
• 1862 » Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader († 1926)
• 1865 » Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station († 1946)
• 1873 » Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube († 1961)
• 1874 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1938)
• 1875 » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada († 1940)
• 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
• 1882 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1882 » Sam Hardy, English footballer († 1966)

• 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)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

The temperature on August 26, 1863 was about 15.1 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.