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• Adriana Catharina van Merriënboer, Oud Gastel († 1987)
• (n.n.) van Brakel, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Adriana Maria Elisabeth (Sjaan) Aepeker, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Alois Thomaes, Haasdonk († 1936)
• Alice Evink, Lyon County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Antonia Verburg, jaarsveld (utrecht) († 2007)
• Antonia Cornelia Bouman, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Maria Catharina Seerden, Ospel,, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Withofs, Veldwezelt († 2011)
• Adrianus J. Bon († 1988)

• Antonius Walstra (27), Nieuwer-Amstel, province of Noord-Holland
• Arie Bijl (66), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Antonius Walstra (27), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Isidore MESMAEKERS (77), Turnhout, 13040, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aalt Prins (41), Staphorst, Nederland
• Antonia van AS (65), Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Anna Maria Catharina Moerings (37), Hoeven
• Amalia Josephina van de Veer (43), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Annigje Veen (55), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Juk (0), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland

• 1916 » Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot († 1942)
• 1916 » François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France († 1996)
• 1919 » Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General († 2015)
• 1919 » Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist († 2010)
• 1919 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran († 1980)
• 1919 » Princess Ashraf of Iran († 2016)
• 1920 » Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic († 2019)
• 1921 » Joe Fulks, American basketball player († 1976)
• 1922 » Fred Wood, English actor († 2003)
• 1922 » Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama († 2008)

• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
• October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on October 26, 1919 was between 2.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.