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• Abraham Drenth, oostwold
• Anna Catharina Ludovica Embrechts, Lichtaart, België († 1995)
• Anna Maria de Jong, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Breukelman, Hardenberg
• , Zonnemaire
• Antonius Gerardus Reijnders, Tiel († 1986)
• Antje Geertsd de Weert, Franeker, franekeradeel.fr.nld († 1946)
• Anna Wybrens van der Meulen, Lichtaard († 1998)
• Annigje Kremer, Dedemsvaart († 1999)
• Ytje Stienstra, Tirns

• Andries Hendriks Tigelaar (57), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida VANBELLEGHEM (35), Heist-Aan-Zee,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Agatha Cornelia Meijer (69), Venray
• Egbert Thalen (32), Hollandscheveld
• Adriana Hubertina Willink (82), Stevensweert
• Alfons Lagae (68), Wingene
• Adriana Pul van (77), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Ursinus van Aalderen (26), Zwolle
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Kessel (0), Gorincheml, NL
• Anna Tjipkes van der Werf (52), Heerenveen

• 1908 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver († 1949)
• 1908 » Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist († 1971)
• 1908 » Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor († 1980)
• 1909 » Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic († 1994)
• 1909 » Talal of Jordan († 1972)
• 1910 » Vic Woodley, English footballer († 1978)
• 1911 » Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor († 1996)
• 1912 » Dane Clark, American actor and director († 1998)
• 1913 » George Barker, English author and poet († 1991)
• 1914 » Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director († 1986)

• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 1936 » February 26 Incident:

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.
• May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
• June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• 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 February 26, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.