About the day » Sunday May 26, 1867Calender converter

• Akke Bottinga, Leeuwarden († 1915)
• Aaltje van der Laan, Burum, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Offes Bottinga, Leeuwarden (FRL) († 1915)
• Aafje Duif, Sint Pancras
• Annigje Kraaijenveld, Jaarsveld († 1953)
• Aaltje Geerts VAN DER LAAN, Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands († 1895)
• ALIDA MOSTERD, WORMERVEER († 1897)
• Anna Gertrudis Nicolaes, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna OOSTERHUIS, Grandville Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1936)
• Anna Margaretha Christina Benfer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Antonie van Beijnen (23), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Ravens (69), Schiedam
• Adriaan Van Hassel (64), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Anna Theresia Verbiest (39), Olen 2250, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Durk Jans Bouwsma(Bousma) (38), Warns
• Bernard Jozef Hensgens (75), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Annigje Jans Hollander, Zwartsluis
• Aaltje Bruinstroop (1), Krimpen aan den Ijssel
• Bouwina de Groot (1), Oude Pekela (Groningen)
• antonie van bijnen (of beijnen) (23), waalwijk

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
• March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
• May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
• July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
• July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
• December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

The temperature on May 26, 1867 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.