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• Anna Maria Wijnands, Swalmen, Nederland († 1920)
• Albertien Grootoonk, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria Hoenselaar, Sint Anthonis
• Martha Augustina Pharailda Baert, Graauw en Langendam († 1920)
• Betti Nathan, Schildberg, Kepno, Wlkp., Poland († 1942)
• Antonia Elisabeth Alblas († 2010)
• Berend Holtrop, Grootegast († 2002)
• Arend Jan Leerink, Zelhem († 1955)
• Arnoldina Derkx, Bergen († 2016)
• Arnoldus Endendijk, Zutphen († 1989)

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• Annie Johnston Clarke (64), Newton, Cache, Utah, United States
• Cornelis Hendricus van Doorene (62), Rotterdam
• Catharina Klara Luttmer- (0), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Andries Johannes VAN STADEN (30)
• Augusta Justine Donckers (58), Herselt
• Benjamin Denneboom (23), Groningen (NL)
• Cecilia Maria Lavinia Bingham (27)
• Anthonie Cornelis de Heus (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dirk Manhoudt (55)

• 1915 » Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor († 1982)
• 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)
• 1924 » Alex Kellner, American baseball player († 1996)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

The temperature on August 26, 1920 was between 7.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.