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• Anke LUIMSTRA, Augustinusga Friesland Netherlands († 1983)
• Andreas, Josephus VAN LOON, Baarle-Nassau († 1972)
• Adriaan Smalheer, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Deijkers, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Aafke Couperus, Eestrum (Jistrum), 9258, Nederland († 1961)
• Liesbeth Doldersum, Ruinen
• Andreas Josephus van Loon, Baarle-Nassau († 1972)
• Andries MORIA, Amsterdam
• Adriana Schrier, Waarde, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Allie Harms Groenhof, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1909)

• Anna Elisabeth WOR (78), Zwolle
• Adrianus Verherstraeten (70), Herentals, België
• Adrianus Kardinaal (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (83), Roermond
• Anna Maria Beatrix Geistman (75), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van der HORST (29), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Jozef van Heezik (1), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aart Marteijn (70), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Lambertus Groutars (71), Maastricht
• Arnold Barette (53), Glain, België

• 1906 » Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer († 1981)
• 1907 » Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada († 1991)
• 1907 » Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist († 1987)
• 1908 » Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer († 1971)
• 1909 » Chips Rafferty, Australian actor († 1971)
• 1910 » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice († 2002)
• 1911 » Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2003)
• 1911 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic († 1960)
• 1911 » Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower († 2001)
• 1911 » Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet († 1983)

• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)

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

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

• 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 5.8 million citizens.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on March 26, 1909 was between 3.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.