About the day » Tuesday May 26, 1868Calender converter

• Antonie Bieshaar, Amersfoort († 1868)
• Antje Abbenes, Texel, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriana van de Griend, Vlijmen († 1876)
• Anna Maria Mosman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Antoinette Jeanne Harriet Hodenpijl, Brooklyn,Kings County,Ny,United States
• Adriana Johanna de Jooden, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Levina van Beuningen, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Kuijsters, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Laan, Rotterdam († 1904)
• (Stillborn) Veluwenkamp, Heerde, Nederland († 1868)

• Arie De GEUS (45), Puttershoek
• Arien Koning (46)
• Atje Goedemoed (1), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Attje Goedemoed (1), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Sofia van Ewijk (49), Lienden
• Anna Blankenzee (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Rienders de Boer (65), Groningen
• Apolinia Maria Kamps (0), ,, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Nederland
• Angelina Maria Thomaes (16)
• Arie Boele (27), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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. Gerardus

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

• 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).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on May 26, 1868 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.