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• van der Wijk, Arnhem († 1916)
• Adrianus Kraal, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Maria Regina Hendriks, Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• van Ekeren, Lent, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adrianus Admiraal, Limmen
• Antonius Josephus Koolen, Boxtel († 1980)
• Annie Zonneveld, Castricum († 1997)
• Antje (Annie) Zwiep, Beilen, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus Admiraal, Limmen
• Kortekaas († 2008)

• * Elisabeth Kuipers (80), Rotterdam
• Henricus van Kappel (92), Raamsdonkveer
• de Ruiter (0), Nijverdal, gemeente Hellendoorn
• Albert van der Schuur (0), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Teunissen (74), Putten
• Aaltje Westerhoff (74), Baflo, Gemeente Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Springer (78), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Teunissen Schuit (74), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegje (Willems) Roders (72), Zwolle
• Anna Das (84), Hilversum (N-H)

• 1912 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1989)
• 1913 » Josef Manger, German weightlifter († 1991)
• 1913 » Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress († 1976)
• 1913 » Peter Cushing, English actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Pierre Daninos, French author († 2005)
• 1914 » Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 1915 » Antonia Forest, English author († 2003)
• 1915 » Vernon Alley, American bassist († 2004)
• 1916 » Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author († 1972)
• 1919 » Rubén González, Cuban pianist († 2003)

• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on May 26, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.