About the day » Saturday August 26, 1911Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Groos, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Annigje Slob, Langerak († 1911)
• Adrianus Cornelis Jozeph Antonius Nollen, Raamsdonk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Alida Boon, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Horick, Hillegom
• Anna Catharina Been, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Catharina Been, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Ale Andries de Haan, Noordwijk, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Sluis, Niebert, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Aafje Dijkshoorn, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Alberta Louisa Swartjes (0), Riele (Diepenveen)
• Aaltje Gerrigje Speksnijder (47)
• Antonia Maria Pulles (0), Vlijmen
• Christina Johanna BEXKENS (0), Beugen (NL/NB)
• Adriaan Smits (54), Geertruidenberg
• Antoinette Alfonsine Pappyn (0), Beveren-Leie West-Vlaanderen
• Aafke Klazes van Dijk (87), Huizum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• COMPERE, Liège, Liège, Belgique
• Anne Hearty (66), Vinton, Pontiac Co. Quebec, Canada
• Bernardus Cornelis Eduardus Schoenmaker (37), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1910 » Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1911 » Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1914 » Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet († 2008)
• 1914 » Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator († 1984)
• 1915 » Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor († 1982)

• 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)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on August 26, 1911 was between 13.0 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.