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• Aaltje Barnhoorn, Noordwijk († 1998)
• Anna Elisabeth Struik, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Doef, Andijk († 1912)
• Alberdina Henrika Neggers, Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Jansen, 's-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Knikker, Westereinde Oldebroek (Nederland)
• Albertus Frederikus Stinissen, Groningen (Nld), Groningen, Nederland
• Anno Ysbrand GALAMA, Wonseradeel(Friesland)
• Andreas Joseph Degryse, Klerken
• Albert van Wijk, Emmen

• Barbara Sophia Delheye (70), Langemark
• Adriana Maria van Dun (28), Goirle
• Annigje Hendriks Kloeze (1), Ooststellingwerf
• Adrianus Johannes Ooms (0), Zutphen {GE}
• Bernardus Jozephus Koot (0), Utrecht
• Aafje KREMER(S) (67), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Verhoeven (74), Woensel
• Bernard Eduard Anthonie Ronkes (43), Loemadjang
• Beun, Vledder
• Carolus Ludovicus Antonius van Berckel (66), Helden

• 1905 » William Loeb III, American publisher († 1981)
• 1907 » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)
• 1910 » Marguerite Churchill, American actress († 2000)
• 1912 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila († 1962)
• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
• April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

The temperature on December 26, 1911 was between 2.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.