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• "Jean René" Raoul Valentin Guerrand, Rolleville, Seine-Maritime, France († 1993)
• Adriana van Eijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Alix de Rochechouart († 1977)
• Aagje, van der Torre, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Aaldrik Schildhuis, Woltersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Alfons Huysmans, Olen, Antwerpen, België († 1980)
• --- Boersma, Rauwerderhem († 1905)
• Anna Hendrika Maria Wagener, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Jacob Van Der Weide, Emmen († 1905)
• Peters, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)

• Christina Johanna Wind (2), Bergentheim
• Christina Johanna Wind (2), Bergentheim (Hardenberg), Ov, The Netherlands
• Carolina Lauwers (73), Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antonetta Adriana Leijden van (0), Cromvoirt
• Barbara van Helden (65), Herten, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Griensven (19), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Coletta Francisca STEVERLYNCK (55), Roeselare, 36015, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Auguste Francois VERHUYCK (47), Mechelen,2800,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Hamberg (0), Hardenberg, Ambt (Radewijk),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Johannes van Schouwen (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet († 1985)
• 1901 » Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader († 1972)
• 1903 » Caroline Pafford Miller, American author († 1992)
• 1904 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic († 1986)
• 1904 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine († 1993)
• 1906 » Bunny Austin, English tennis player († 2000)
• 1908 » Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1908 » Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar († 1967)

• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on August 26, 1905 was between 11.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.