About the day » Thursday August 26, 1869Calender converter

• Antonia Van der Veeke, 's Hertogenbosch († 1963)
• Adrianus Schuermans, Baarle-Nassau
• Adolphus Verstraeten, Kieldrecht
• Bartel Louwerse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1933)
• Antonius Gerardus Vogels, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Agnes Ramaekers, Maastricht
• Antje Schouten, Sluipwijk, Nederland († 1953)
• Aafje Schuffel, Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aagje Oversier, Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van der Valk, Zierikzee

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• Anna Maria Margaretha Spier (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Bertrand" Marie Ange de La Motte de Broöns de Vauvert (61), Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Anna Maria van MEURS, Schiedam
• Arnolda van Lieshout, Uden (NB, NLD)
• Andries Boers (0), Utrecht
• Antonia RUIJS (27), Princenhage
• Aloysius VAN HOVE (13)
• Antje Ijzaaks Gravesteijn (79), Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lena Fekkeli (36), Rotterdam

• 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)

• 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)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
• November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

The temperature on August 26, 1869 was about 26.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.