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• Albert Verheijden, Kessenich, België († 2003)
• Arentje Kist, Thorne, Moorends, Engeland († 2014)
• Albertha Dekker, Barneveld († 2002)
• Anna Elisabeth Paans, Amsterdam († 1918)
• Akke Jaarsma, Wonseradeel († 1999)
• ALBERTUS LEON JOSEPHUS THEOPHILLUS DE SUTTER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1975)
• Assuerus Bouwmeester, Zwollerkerspel († 2003)
• Adrianus Bak, Edam († 1981)
• Adrianus Petrus van Aart, Oudenbosch († 1916)
• Aaltje van Vliet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)

• Aafje Rol (83), Wijdenes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Klaas Snippe (83), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Aafje Schoenmaker (84), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Josephina Doorakkers (42), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Huisman (0), Den Burg
• Ardina Jacoba Honcoop (31), Petten
• Berend Snippe (83), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carolina Mish (83), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Jacoba Honcoop (31), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Franciscus Jansen (2), Baarle-Nassau

• 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)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)
• 1921 » Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter († 2000)

• 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)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
• January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

The temperature on December 26, 1915 was between 3.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.