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• Barend Verhoef, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Aukje Rinsema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Antonius Adrianus Kanters, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Arnoldus Spitters, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriaan Eugene Kimmel, Soerabaja, Java, Ned. Indie († 2006)
• Bernardus Jacobus (Ben) van der Vliet, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1980)
• Cornelia (Corrie) A. van Gogh, Schiedam († 2008)
• Alfons Maria Korthagen, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2006)
• Betty Jane ALICH, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois († 2014)
• Charles Coid, UK († 2015)

• Anna Christina Elisabeth Haarman (88), Roodeschool
• Antje Henderika Strobos (0), Winschoten, Nederland
• Andries Willem van Dijk (56), Hardinxveld, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alfonso Jaramillo Restrepo (35), Hacienda Malachí en el municipio de Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia
• Anna Maria Christina Weusten (53), Klimmen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Scheurwater (86), Zwijndrecht
• Adolf Sewüster (1), Coevorden
• Andrew Stewart Morrison (79), Ohiopyle Borough, Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
• Antonia van Duuren (0), Woerden
• Arendje KRAIJENBRINK (74), Abbenbroek

• 1922 » Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter († 1999)
• 1922 » Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor († 2013)
• 1923 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author († 1966)
• 1923 » Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) († 2009)
• 1924 » M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician († 1980)
• 1924 » Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor († 2016)
• 1924 » Rikki Fulton, Scottish comedian († 2004)
• 1927 » Robert Mills, American physicist and academic († 1999)
• 1929 » Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman († 2015)
• 1929 » Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2008)

• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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

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

• 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on April 15, 1926 was between 5.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.