About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1903Calender converter

• Aartje van Vuuren, haaften
• Adriaan Bijl de Vroe, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• "Henri" Marie Emile Viénot de Vaublanc, Chambéry, Savoie, France († 1970)
• Albert Torenbosch, Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries SLUIS, Curacao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Aart Bouwmeester, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Ankje Hoites Prins, Wierum († 1960)
• Alida (Aaltje) Bankras, Obdam († 1989)
• Aaltje Hendriks, Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland († 1974)
• Aart Bouwmeester, De Lier, Nederland († 1981)

• Albert Johannes Brons Talens (0)
• Cornelia Van Der Wilk (82), Pijnacker, Nederland
• Amanda Brown (89), Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Zegwaart (72)
• Aart van Bemmel (0), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auguste Anna Emma Erbrecht (0), Darlingerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt)
• Adrianus Geelen (78), Tull en 't Waal
• Kiers (0), Wildervank
• Adriana "Jaantje" Zegwaard (71), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus (Charles, Karel) ROSSELLE (77), Roeselare

• 1900 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom († 1970)
• 1901 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 1972)
• 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)
• 1901 » Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam († 1987)
• 1903 » Caroline Pafford Miller, American author († 1992)
• 1904 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic († 1986)
• 1904 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer († 1991)

• 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)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

The temperature on August 26, 1903 was between 8.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (41%).