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• Aaltje Noppen, Hillegom,ZH, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Anna Erica GESCHER († 1988)
• Cornelia Catharina (Nellie) Janssen, Sint Maartensbrug, Nederland († 2008)
• Albert Meertens, Loon († 2008)
• Bernard Dennis Weber, East London Zuid Afrika († 1982)
• Aloijsius Antonius Maria Pijnenborg, Tilburg († 1994)
• Adrianus Franciscus Goedendorp, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Billie Louise Altizer, Denver, Colorado († 1997)
• Alida van Splunter, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Annigje Francina Verheij, Maassluis († 2009)

• Aalbert Hendrik (Albert) Verheij (74)
• Albert Penrose Pennypacker (72), Elverson, Chester, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon Hubert Keizers (30), Sevenum
• Antje Gons (48), Schellinkhout
• Amanda Matilda Johansson (45), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Josephus Driever (78), Arnhem
• Age Jisses Spoelstra (79), Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert Hendrik Verheij (74), Vlaardingen
• Anna Jacobina Wildeboer (0), Godlinze, Bierum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Christina van Niftrik (66), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland

• 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)
• 1923 » Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic († 2016)
• 1924 » Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host († 2015)

• 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)
• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)

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. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
• October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
• December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.

The temperature on October 26, 1922 was between -7.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.