About the day » Wednesday July 26, 1893Calender converter

• Albert van Harten, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• ? Wetzer, Helmond, N-Br., NL († 1893)
• Aletta Maria Anna Philomena Gründemann, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 1982)
• Aletta Grundemann, Leiden († 1982)
• Alice Maggie Cran, Mains Of Lesmurdie, Cabrach, Banffshire, Scotland
• Alphonsus Martinus Gerrits, Oeffelt († 1952)
• Alain de Rohan († 1976)
• Adrien Chaumont, Quebec
• Allegonda Dijmphna de Rooij, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Alain Anton Joseph Adolf Ignaz Maria de Rohan-Guéméné, château de Sychrov / Sichrow († 1976)

• Barbara Lagast (60), Brugge-St Michiels
• Adriana van Soest (39), Strijen
• Annie Henryetta PRATHER (45), Oklahoma U.S.A
• Albertina Charlotte Van Vlierberghe (0), Sint-Niklaas
• Aagje~Ages van der Meer
• Aagje Gerrits Bouius (57), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Schurink (63), Kampen
• Antonius Maria Bernardinus de Kok (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ? Wetzer (0), Helmond, N-Br., NL
• Bernardus Jans van der Woude (30), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1886 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » Reginald Hands, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1918)
• 1890 » Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1942)
• 1892 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1966)
• 1893 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1894 » Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher († 1963)
• 1895 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian († 1964)
• 1896 » Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver († 1933)
• 1897 » Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1897 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author († 1976)

• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)

• 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 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

The temperature on July 26, 1893 was about 19.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.