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• Carmen Marie Fernadez, Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois, United States († 1985)
• Bartolomeo Francavilla, Barletta,Italie († 1942)
• Arnolda Brok, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1916)
• Antonius van Niftrik, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Albert Stützle, Mengen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland († 1942)
• Adrianus Timmers († 1918)
• Lingbeek, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
• Albert Fastr, Zoersel († 1977)
• Alida Susanna Nieuwenhuizen, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Schippers, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)

• Anna Blumer (60), Beek (GE), GE (NLD)
• Anna Adriana van Varik (67), Beesd, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria van Gelder (1), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Rooijen (86), Utrecht
• Aaltjen Daalwijk (79), Markelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus Striekwold (0), Doetinchem, Stad, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Nicolasine Muzerie (39), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Henri Louchaert (36), Herleville, Somme, Picardië, Frankrijk
• Aaltje Jans Bruggemann (77), Loppersum
• Aaltje BOER (86), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1913 » Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1914 » C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida († 2002)
• 1914 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1914 » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1993)
• 1916 » Dean Brooks, American physician and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop († 2013)
• 1918 » Marjorie Lord, American actress († 2015)
• 1919 » James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist
• 1919 » Virginia Gilmore, American actress († 1986)
• 1920 » Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach († 1983)

• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)

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.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 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 July 26, 1916 was between 13.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.