About the day » Thursday May 26, 1864Calender converter

• Agnes Koolbeck, Pella, Iowa († 1952)
• Albertha Aletta Johanna Hendrina VAN BILJON († 1935)
• Aaltien Garming, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Weerdinge († 1916)
• Albert Rietberg, Hasselt gem. Zwartewaterland Ov. NL († 1880)
• Agnes Cecilia van Berkel, Leiden († 1936)
• Adriana Mol, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Adriana Kamsteeg, Gorinchem, Nederland
• Albert Rietberg
• 2 Jongens 1 Meisje VELLE, Zevekote, 35027, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1864)
• Albert Boertien, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld) († 1868)

• Albert Tymens Jasper (63), Oosterwolde
• Aartjen Besselsen (0), Harderwijk
• Radsma (2)
• Albert Tiemens Jasper (65), Ooststelllingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Muncks (Munix) (83), Vaals (Harles)
• Adriaan Westdorp (0), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anje Jans van der Laan (43), 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Tymens Jasper (63), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alexander Gregorievitsj Prins Naryshkin (46)
• 2 Jongens 1 Meisje VELLE (0), Zevekote, 35027, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
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.
• April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.

The temperature on May 26, 1864 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.