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Born on Friday February 26, 1886
- Aaltje Bremer, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Achterom) († 1889)
- * Antonetta Maria Louer, Tilburg († 1962)
- Adrianus Petrus Theuns, Antwerpen, België († 1958)
- Adriaantje Minnema, Amsterdam († 1964)
- Abraham Wielaard, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
- Brouwer, den Haag († 1886)
- Adriana Meijer, Nieuw Lekkerland
- Aaltje Kok, Oldehove
- Adrianus Alphonsus Beijersbergen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
- Adrianus Alphonsus Beijersbergen, Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
Died on Friday February 26, 1886
- Aleida Marbus (71), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alphonsina Bessemans (11), Brustem, België
- Anna RAAIJMAKERS (70), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
- Anna Margaretha van Rooij, Hilvarenbeek
- Alijda Marbus (71), Noordwijk-binnen
- Wiersma (0), St. Jacobiparochie
- Boogaerdt (0), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
- Adriana van Triest (75), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aaltje van Buren (68), Utrecht
- Adelheid Helena Lina Weckert (5), Moculta, South Australia
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 26, 1886 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
- De standaard
Born on February 26
- 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
- 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
- 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)
- 1882 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral († 1968)
- 1885 » Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania († 1969)
- 1887 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach († 1950)
- 1887 » Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator († 1936)
- 1887 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian († 1966)
- 1893 » Dorothy Whipple, English novelist († 1966)
- 1893 » Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
Died on February 26
- 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
- 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
- 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
- 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
- 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
- 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
- 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
- 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
- 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
- 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
Names that were popular for boys in 1886
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1886
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1886
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
- June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
- July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
- November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
- November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
The weather on Friday February 26, 1886
The temperature on February 26, 1886 was about -0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI