About the day » Friday May 26, 1876Calender converter

• Aloys Joos, Klerken
• Anna Elisabeth van Wermeskerken, Zeist, Utr, NL († 1967)
• Hilverda, Wytske, Franekeradeel
• ADRIANA MARIA MOSTERT, KETHEL EN SPALAND († 1907)
• Anna Elisabeth Spanjaard, Pasoeroean
• Aart van Ginkel, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1965)
• Aaltje van Buiten, Steenwijkerwold († 1902)
• Aaltje Jans Kempenaar, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kempenaar, Zwaagwesteinde,, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• Albert Kosters, Oisterwijk NL († 1963)

• Andrew Luce (85), Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Sophia Dossche (16), IJzendijke
• Adrianus van Pesselen (0), Jutphaas
• Barbara Gerrits van den Ende (4), Cuijk en St. Agatha
• Catharina van Broekhoven (0), Ossendrecht (NL)
• Adriana Vonk (1), Schalkwijk, Utrecht, NL
• beatrix ottenheijm (35), meijel
• Catharina Bosschaart (34), Middelburg (Middelburg) (Zeeland)
• Adriaan Eugenius Moonen (54), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia DEGRAEVE (53), Wingene, Vlaams Gewest, België

• 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)

• 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)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)

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. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on May 26, 1876 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.