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• Jantje Zwaneveld, Kolham
• Adele Clara Schneiders, Ladysmith († 1984)
• Adrianus den Ouden, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1906)
• Adele Clara SCHNEIDERS, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1984)
• Allerd Terpstra, Tiettjerksteradeel († 1975)
• Abraham Roosnek, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham Grell, Delft
• * Willem Jacob Catshoek, Zierikzee
• Abraham Boot, Leiden
• Albertha Hartholt, Donkerbroek, Friesland, Nederland

• Abraham Schoonewil (0), Alkmaar
• Aries Kiel (65), Wirdum, Loppersum
• de Rooij (0), Sint-Philipsland
• Alberta van Harselaar (1), Maarn
• Agnes Krewinkel (0), Kerkrade (L
• Adriana Maria van Tellingen (14), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Schonewil (0), Alkmaar
• Anthonie de Groot (75), Heukelum, Gld (voormalig Zh), NL
• Anna Margaretha Rameckers (73), Hulsberg
• Maria Emelia de Vos (11), St. Jansteen

• 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.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.

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.