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• ALBERT JOSEPH CABAY, ANS († 1999)
• Hovestad, Rhenen († 1909)
• Adrianus Josephus van Eyck, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus Cornelis Vermeulen, Schipluiden († 1994)
• Oostveen, Baarn (UT, NLD) († 1909)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Dijk, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hubertus BORGSTEIN, Culemborg
• Aleida Gesina Wiggers, Aalten
• Adrianus Cornelis Marselis, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Bazuin, Onstwedde († 2001)

• Adrianus van Oostveen (1), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nl
• Albertus van der Linden (76), Nistelrode, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth de Zwarte (72), Axel
• Agnes Mellissa Wood (66), Canada
• Hendrik Aalderson (71), Ooststellingwerf
• Abraham Luteijn Basting, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Borsje (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bakker (20), Sloten, North Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus IJland (58), Amsterdam
• Albert Johannes Trinks (81), Steenwijkerwold, Nederland

• 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)
• 1911 » Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor († 1996)
• 1912 » Dane Clark, American actor and director († 1998)
• 1913 » George Barker, English author and poet († 1991)

• 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. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

The temperature on February 26, 1909 was between -6.1 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.