About the day » Thursday July 26, 1894Calender converter

• Agatha Catharina de Vlieger, Nieuw-Vennep († 1895)
• Aart de Graaf, Bunschoten († 1985)
• Anna Catharina (Annie) ter Kuile, Lonneker, Noord Eschmarke, Overijssel, Nederland († 1918)
• Aimé Louis Paul Gilbert, Rochefort,17300,Charente Maritime,Poitou-Charentes,France († 1954)
• Abraham Krammer, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Aaltje Maria Kruiswijk, Loenersloot,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Augusta Philomenia Kesteloot, Zwevezele
• Allegonda Anna Henrica Clevers, Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Angela Maria Abramo, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1994)
• Anna Catharina Elzakkers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)

• Cornelis Van Der Zwan (59), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Philippe Petit (86), Breda
• Blount Arthur, Jr. (46)
• Adrianus Jacobus Heimansen (9), Haarlem
• Andries Wink (61), Lexmond
• Adrianus Josephus Kuijsters (0), Waspik
• Bernardus Joannes Hooglugt (52), Nijmegen
• Arend van Ommen (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina van Knippenbergh (1), Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Charles Parrish Lindsay (28), Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho, Verenigde Staten

• 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)
• 1900 » Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher († 1983)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
• March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
• September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

The temperature on July 26, 1894 was about 20.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.