About the day » Tuesday December 26, 1893Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Heldens, Ottersum, Limburg, Niederlande († 1967)
• aaltje roersma, opsterland, friesland, nederland
• Anje Kruizinga, Toornwerd († 1939)
• Andrew James Ploegstra († 1979)
• .. Adriana Vermeulen, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1971)
• Adriaan Mattheus Dekkers, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ane Ploegstra († 1979)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Hermans, Arnhem († 1894)
• Albert Gerards Visscher, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Alida Everaert, Staden († 1978)

• Aleida Johanna Ortsen (2), Angeren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adolf RADSTAKE (59), Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beijk, Lisse
• Albinus Franciscus Ludovicus Wybo (0), Meetkerke
• Aaltje Schuitemaker (69), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Francisca Niehorster (38), Amsterdam
• Adriana Oerlemans (74), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana ABRAHAMS (88), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphine, Romaine CORNEZ (85), Flénu, 7012, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Adolf Aarse (42), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1885 » Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator († 1992)
• 1887 » Arthur Percival, English general († 1966)
• 1888 » Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian († 1982)
• 1890 » Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1890 » Percy Hodge, English runner († 1967)
• 1891 » Henry Miller, American author and painter († 1980)
• 1892 » Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator († 1975)
• 1893 » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Jean Toomer, American author and poet († 1967)
• 1900 » Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG († 1993)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
• September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
• November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

The temperature on December 26, 1893 was about 5.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.