About the day » Monday August 26, 1895Calender converter

• Alfons Van Houtte, Vlissegem
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Paulissen, Venray († 1967)
• Amerentia Roos, enkhuizen
• Adriana de Ruijter, Geertruidenberg, Nederland
• Alice Maud Chick, Camberwell, London, England († 1978)
• Antje van Erkelens, Steenwijk
• Aloysius Jacobus Ludovicus Geerinckx, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1980)
• Adriana Bas, Alblasserdam
• Alida Opmeer, Amsterdam († 1956)
• Adrianus Cornelis Rombouts, Rijsbergen

• Bartha Johanna Kemp (67)
• Antje Baukes Bron (51), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolphina Adele De Smedt (0), Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriaana Cornelia VAN GESTEL (67), Gilze Rijen,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Camillus De Schrijver (37), Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Pauw, Buiksloot
• Carel Hekkers (14), Balkbrug
• Christina Hilhorst (36), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Bakker (64), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia van Gestel (67), Gilze en Rijen (NL)

• 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)
• 1900 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom († 1970)
• 1901 » Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet († 1985)
• 1901 » Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader († 1972)

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 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.
• January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
• March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
• March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
• December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

The temperature on August 26, 1895 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.