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• Ibele Smedes, Garijp, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Antonie Cornelis Ultee, Woerden († 2010)
• cornelia louisa maria (corrie) verstappen, helden-beringe
• Erik Rene Douchy, Westrozebeke († 2021)
• Lee Williams, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States († 1951)
• (Stillborn) MIDDELKAMP, Winschoten Groningen Netherlands († 1940)
• Doodgeboren dochter Boelen, Drunen († 1940)
• Egbert Willem Kruize, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2020)
• Herman Jo Woudstra, The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands († 2011)
• Antonia Maria Josephine Strik († 2002)

• Auke (Brugts) De Vries (64), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Talboom (82), Princenhage, Nederland
• Aaltje van Leij(d)en (62), Rhenen
• Aafje Niemeijer (46), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaantje Siebes de Boer (80), Surhuizem
• Aaltje Exaltus (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Leijden (62), Rhenen
• Adriana Velthuizen (87), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth Hehewerdt (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antje Ruiter (76), Tolbert, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1936 » José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Dickson, American football player and coach († 2011)
• 1939 » Chuck Wepner, American professional boxer
• 1940 » Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer († 2013)
• 1942 » Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager († 2018)
• 1943 » Bill Duke, American actor and director
• 1943 » Bob "The Bear" Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1981)
• 1943 » Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
• 1943 » Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Christopher Hope, South African author and poet

• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 1936 » February 26 Incident:
• 1943 » Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 20 others
• 1952 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)

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

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

• 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• July 3 » World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The temperature on February 26, 1940 was between -1.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.