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• Aaltje Veldman († 1975)
• Adriana KRIGER, 's-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1995)
• Pearl, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada († 2002)
• Albert Jan Bouwmeester, Hengelo(Ov.) († 1996)
• Alberta Petronella Vernooij, Cothen († 1991)
• Wouters, Reusel
• Anna Douwes BLOM, Smallingerland Friesland Netherlands († 1905)
• ADRIANA VAN STEIN, VLAARDINGEN († 1980)
• Adriana van der Klooster, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1904)
• Alberdina van Veen († 1983)

• Barbara Eenaeme (81), Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aukje Grietjes Petstra (71), Aalsum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Rijkelijkhuizen (60), Rijnsaterwoude
• Anna Tabbers (53), Waspik
• Alberdina Snitselaar (Smitslaar) (64), Nuenen en Gerwen, Nederland
• Elisabeth Blom (61), Zwolle
• Antje Frederika van de Vooren (9), Valburg
• Adriana Dietvorst (33), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van der Weijden (1), Leiden
• Barend Gerhardus TROOST

• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)
• 1900 » Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer († 1976)
• 1904 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor († 1961)
• 1904 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1983)
• 1904 » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator († 2002)
• 1907 » Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist († 2006)
• 1907 » John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer († 1979)
• 1908 » Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam († 1976)
• 1908 » Robert Morley, English actor († 1992)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on May 26, 1904 was between 9.9 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.