About the day » Tuesday June 26, 1900Calender converter

• Albert Biemond, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alida de Bruin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Sluis, Surhuisterveen († 1984)
• Adriana Engelina Helena BUIJS, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jansen, Bladel
• Alphonsius Franciscus Uijtdewilligen, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1972)
• Adrianus Johannes Henricus van Loon, s-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Adrianus van Kaam, Wouw, N-Br, NL
• Adriana Catharina Moens, Bergambacht
• Adriana de Groot, Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albert Kool (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sevens Schlüter (22), Riepe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen
• Catharina Jannigje van Ooijen (39), Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Alkemade (0), Rozenburg
• Annechien Klunder (4), Wilhelmsoord, Emmen
• Anna Rebecca Fernandes (37), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Rooseboom (73), Ede
• Adrianus Johannes Nuijten (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Roozeboom (73), Ede
• Abraham Bonavang (63), rotterdam

• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Chesty Puller, US general († 1971)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)
• 1899 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1901 » Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force († 1988)
• 1902 » Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator († 2010)
• 1903 » Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1958)
• 1904 » Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1904 » Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer († 1964)
• 1905 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator († 1985)

• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

The temperature on June 26, 1900 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.