About the day » Monday February 26, 1906Calender converter

• Amedé Willems, Maldegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Engelina van der Voorden, Oud-Beijerland, Provincie Zuid-Holland († 1995)
• Albertus Hendrikus van Dissel, Kediri.NOI († 1969)
• Anna Brand, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aartje Zweet, Vaassen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltje van Schepen, Giekerk
• Alida Johanna Engelina Geitz, Ter Apelkanaal († 1987)
• Alida Johanna Engelina (Lide) GEITZ († 1987)
• Hunze, Hoogeveen
• Aaltje van der Pruik, Schagen († 1908)

• Johanna Catharina Bruinsdijk (74), Schiedam
• Anna Maria Ludovica CRANINX (84), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaltje Knapper (67), Leeuwaarderadeel
• Annigje Harmans de Jong (68), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Henricus Burkum van (0), Haarlem
• Andreas Sophius Johannes NIEUWBRUG (65), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldegonda BIEMANS (62), Lierop,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Mortier (54), Amsterdam
• Allegonda Catharina van Melis (0), Gestel
• Anna Maria Catharina Kerperien (41), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1902 » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit († 1991)
• 1903 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1903 » Orde Wingate, English general († 1944)
• 1906 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress († 1987)
• 1908 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver († 1949)
• 1908 » Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist († 1971)
• 1908 » Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor († 1980)
• 1909 » Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic († 1994)
• 1909 » Talal of Jordan († 1972)
• 1910 » Vic Woodley, English footballer († 1978)

• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 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:

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.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on February 26, 1906 was between 0.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.