About the day » Friday August 26, 1887Calender converter

• Anje Hazekamp, Houwerzijl, Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• (Josefina) Eleonora Sijberts, Well, Li, NL(gem.Bergen) († 1887)
• Alice Chowing Hughes, Monroe Co., Missouri († 1973)
• Andries van der Burg, Arnhem († 1944)
• Alberta Maria MANDERS, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Aline Juline Augustine De Le Plancque, Saint, Poland
• Alta Pearl Scott, Illinois,, United States († 1968)
• Alberta Maria Manders, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1888)
• Albert Ballast, Grand Rapids († 1888)
• "Jean" François Marie Cleret de Langavant, Quimper, Finistère, France († 1961)

• Annigje Blokzijl (0), Slagharen (gem. Hardenberg)
• Aalbert van Dusschoten (11)
• (40), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aldegonde Hubertina Simays (50), Maastricht
• Annigje Blokzijl (0), Slagharen
• Adrianus Johannes van Herp (0), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arte Hielke Westerbaan (0), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Baltus Anzelmus Beijer (51), Utrecht
• Adriaan den Hollander (68), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Wakker (0), Urk

• 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)
• 1885 » Jules Romains, French author and poet († 1972)
• 1888 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer († 1974)
• 1891 » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright († 1960)
• 1894 » Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer († 1989)
• 1896 » Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician († 1990)
• 1897 » Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea († 1990)
• 1898 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist († 1979)

• 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)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)

• 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.
• February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

The temperature on August 26, 1887 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.