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• Annie Elize van Temmen, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië
• Anna van de Weerthof († 1996)
• Annetta Wesemael, Aalst († 1908)
• Adrianus Langens, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Victor Dewilde, Zarren
• abraham allegro, amsterdam († 1912)
• Alfonso Depoorter, st. charles, IL († 1985)
• van Loon, Terheijden († 1965)
• Aleida Maria ter Haak, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Aart Markies, Baardwijk, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• christina frncina NAHUIJSEN (67), maartensdijk
• Caroline Henriette Geertruide Hein (68), Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum,North Holland,Netherlands
• Carlyle KELSEY (11)
• Christina Francina Nahuijsen (57), Maartensdijk
• Albert van den Brink (0), Oldebroek
• Arie Gijsbert Dirk van Beelen (0), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Weitering (31), Drouwen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clementina Baeyens (55), Sint-Lievens-Esse, Herzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Maria (=Mayme) Poss (1)
• Catherine McNally (61), Carrickmore, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

• 1904 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic († 1986)
• 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)
• 1910 » Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1911 » Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter († 1974)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
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. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 5.7 million citizens.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on August 26, 1908 was between 12.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.