About the day » Sunday August 26, 1906Calender converter

• Albertina Ulken, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dina Marissen, Hoogeveen
• Álvaro Rozo Rozo, Bogotá,Colombia († 1992)
• Irma Maria Josepha Ferket, Moerbeke-Waas (B) († 1994)
• (Zus) Maria Theodora Hubertina Cornelia Cox, Roermond, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1981)
• Adriana van Kampen, Goudswaard († 1935)
• Aaltje Klazes Kalsbeek, Swichum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• Aagjen Mulder, Onstwedde († 2002)
• Adriaan van ELDIK, Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Ran, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)

• Bastiaan Schepper (2), Rotterdam
• Albertus Henricus Elisen (0), Borculo
• Arie Alblas (0), Kallenkote
• Arnoldus Sprinkhuizen (27), Den Haag
• Albertus van der Lek (0), Utrecht
• Adriana de Waard (74), Colijnsplaat
• Adrianus Cornelis Leppens (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriaan Schellen (84), Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Lattemann (78), Henrietta, Lorain, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus Vriens (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1903 » Caroline Pafford Miller, American author († 1992)
• 1904 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic († 1986)
• 1904 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine († 1993)
• 1906 » Bunny Austin, English tennis player († 2000)
• 1908 » Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1908 » Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar († 1967)
• 1909 » Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator († 1976)
• 1909 » Gene Moore, American baseball player († 1978)
• 1909 » Jim Davis, American actor († 1981)

• 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. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

The temperature on August 26, 1906 was between 12.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.