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• "Philippe" Albert Jean François Marie Joseph Ghislain Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem, Folkestone, Kent, Royaume-Uni († 2000)
• Albertus Blokland, Noordeloos († 1996)
• Alfred Bouwma († 1999)
• Anna Maria Klinkers, Susteren († 2006)
• Adriana Helena Domenie, Millingen, Nederland († 2008)
• Aaltje Schultz, Adorp († 2002)
• *Gerard Rouw, Hoek († 1916)
• Lavrijsen, Reusel († 1996)
• Adelheid Robben († 2005)
• Anna Vis, Langezwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)

• Anna Maria van Kan (76), Schimmert, Nuth
• Barbara Timmermans (70), Swalmen
• Aart SNIJDERS (77), Rotterdam
• Antonie van Elst (75), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aagje de reus (53), Oud Beijerland
• Anna Catharina Joanna WOUTERS (27), Turnhout Belgie
• Mateijsen (0), Tilburg
• Andrew O Sorlie (72), Iowa
• Aldegonda Poels (76), Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• aagje de reus (53), oud beijerland

• 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)
• 1916 » Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer († 1987)
• 1918 » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana († 2013)
• 1918 » Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus († 1980)
• 1918 » Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic († 1985)
• 1919 » Mason Adams, American actor († 2005)
• 1920 » Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer († 2005)
• 1920 » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer († 2004)

• 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:
• 1943 » Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.

The temperature on February 26, 1916 was between -1.9 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.