About the day » Friday April 26, 1907Calender converter

• Abel Albers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alijda Geertruida Roest, Valburg (GL) The Netherlands († 2006)
• Alice L Brandt, Ohio († 1993)
• Albertus Johannes Enneman, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Andries Petrus Woensel van, Baardwijk
• Alexis-Marie LE BECHEC, Louargat,22540,Côtes-d'Armor,Bretagne,FRANCE († 1963)
• Aloysius J Nobbe, Franklin County, Indiana († 1964)
• Aleida Lichtenberg, Boekelo (Lonneker), Ov, The Netherlands
• Akkëlina Arina Johanna BARTO, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1997)
• Adolph Alois WEVERKA, Bruno, Butler County, Nebraska, United States of America († 1968)

• Adriana Twigt (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonker (33), Enschede
• Adrianus Rademakers (76), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartje Meijdam (70), nederhemert (gelderland)
• Aaldrik Zaaiman (31)
• Anna Margaretha BOLLING (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kooi (74), Haren
• Adrianus Rademakers (76), Zuilen
• Berendina Hofman** (88), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Barbara CASTELEIN (Casteleyn) (87), Ardooie

• 1900 » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist († 1985)
• 1900 » Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher († 1969)
• 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)
• 1912 » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author († 2000)

• 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)

• 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 5.6 million citizens.
• August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
• December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
• December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on April 26, 1907 was between -2.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.