About the day » Friday May 26, 1871Calender converter

• Anastatia Artis, Tyendinaga Twnsp († 1940)
• de Boer
• Abraham Geerling, Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje Ligthart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Akke Miedema, Ferwerd, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Antje Bartelds, Drieborg, Beerta († 1938)
• Adriana Jansen, Bergeijk
• Akke Johannes Miedema, Ferwerd († 1957)
• Aafje Bakker, Amsterdam
• Anna Meijer, Kalkwijk, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)

• Aletta de Visser (0), Jutphaas, Nieuwegein,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander Lambertus Neven (54), Lanaken (B)
• Abel Kampen (34), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Herwaarden (42), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Andries Wagner (48), Camperduin, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Otjens (44), Waspik
• Ammerensjen Tromp (17), Hattem
• Aafke Nienhuis (1), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• de Visser (0), Vlissingen
• Adriana STERRENBURG (77), Hardinxveld-Giesendam, 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. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

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. Jacoba
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 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
• April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
• June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

The temperature on May 26, 1871 was about 11.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.