About the day » Thursday April 26, 1906Calender converter

• Alide Adriani, Schildwolde,Gemeente Slochteren,Province of Groningen,Netherlands († 1940)
• Aaltje Schmaal, Gieterveen, Gieten
• Albert Pieter Willem van Hofwegen
• Alrich Stoker, Winschoten, Groniungen, Nederland
• Adam Isaac Dunlap, , Indiana
• Adriana Johanna Berghuis, Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Jantje Zwaneveld, Kolham
• Aaltje Schmaal, Gieterveen (gem. Aa en Hunze)
• Alfons Josef Hermans, Stevoort, België († 1973)
• Adele Clara SCHNEIDERS, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1984)

• Abraham Schonewil (0), Alkmaar
• Anna Margaretha Rameckers (73), Hulsberg
• Aries Geerts Kiel (65), Wirdum
• de Rooij (0), Sint-Philipsland
• Anna Geertruid Boejink (72), Rekken, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Volkers (28), Veere, Zeeland, NL
• Andries Arnoldus (53), Rotterdam,3011,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aleida Peze (69), Hengelo
• Agnes Krewinkel (0), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Verhagen (82), Dreumel

• 1900 » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist († 1985)
• 1900 » Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher († 1969)
• 1900 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player († 1948)
• 1904 » Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal († 1991)
• 1904 » Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece († 2004)
• 1905 » Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter († 1934)
• 1907 » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)
• 1909 » Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
• 1910 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1911 » Paul Verner, German soldier and politician († 1986)

• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)

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

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

• 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 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.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on April 26, 1906 was between -2.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.