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• Anna Catharina Wouters, Gilze en Rijen († 2010)
• Aaltje Rozendal *, Steenwijk († 1998)
• Albert Zwiers († 2006)
• Abraham de Jong, rotterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• van Ravenswaaij, Zeist († 1919)
• Adrianna de Wit, Middleburg († 2012)
• Annie Anthonia van Waveren, Utrecht († 1982)
• Albertje Keijer, Huizen († 2007)
• († 2000)
• Cornelis Jacobus Westgeest, Voorburg († 1949)

• Adriana Hengeveld (89), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Anna Catharina Nihot (76), Leiden
• Albert Oldenburger (0), Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Henriette Konings (76), IJsselstein
• Coenraad Pince Van Der Aa (86), Schoonhoven ( Zh)
• Apolonia van den Berge (1), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Kelley Simms (63), Groveport, Franklin Co., Ohio
• Antje Nolkes Steigenga (46), IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Schimmel (12), Bussum (Gooise Meren)
• Dumortier (21)

• 1915 » Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1915 » Mohammad Nurul Haque, Bangladeshi († 1998)
• 1918 » Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician († 2020)
• 1919 » Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic († 2012)
• 1920 » Brant Parker, American illustrator († 2007)
• 1920 » Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2019)
• 1921 » Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1921 » Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar († 1994)
• 1922 » Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1923 » Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor († 2013)

• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)

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.
• March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

The temperature on August 26, 1919 was between 9.9 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.