About the day » Sunday May 26, 1867Calender converter

• Anna Gertrudis Janssen, Venray († 1927)
• Adriana Touw, Den Helder, North Holland, The Netherlands
• * Arie Jonkbloed, Gorinchem († 1925)
• Agatha Maria Verhart, Katwijk aan den Rijn, ZH, Nederland († 1909)
• Albertus van Kesteren, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Albert Hansen, Susteren
• Aloyisisus Loete, Waarschoot, Belgium († 1868)
• Anna Catharina GRAAFF, Koln/Weiden (D) († 1916)
• Aaltje Drenten, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna OOSTERHUIS, Grandville Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1936)

• Aldert Hoek (50), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Opdam (0), Voorschoten
• Arie de Groot (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham N. Knight (78), Wayne County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• van Otterloo (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Helena Opdam (0), Voorschoten
• Bernard Jozef Hensgens (75), Kerkrade
• Alida van Ravens (69), Schiedam
• Alida van Ravens (69), Schiedam
• Durk Jans Bouwsma(Bousma) (38), Warns

• 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 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
• February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
• 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 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.
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
• December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

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%.