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• Adriana PHAFF, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mastrigt, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Eerdhuijzen, Amsterdam († 1963)
• Andrea Christina Niks, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alvimar de Castro Cotti, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1981)
• Alida Cornelia Eerdhuijzen, amsterdam, Nederland († 1963)
• Ali Koopmans, Heerde († 2001)
• Aaltje Elisabeth Keuning, Goor
• Adriana Phaff, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adolphina Hessing, Rotterdam

• anoniem Poppeliers (0), Westerhoven, Nederland
• Cornelis Bosloper (79), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barteliena Beerens (81), Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Berendina Kok (73), Warnsveld (Zutpen)
• Annigje Knopper (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Brümmer (69), Düthe
• (2) Johanna Klasina Overtoom (64), Utrecht
• Abraham Matthijs van Baal (68), Rotterdam
• Adam van der Bok (0), Hull-Iowa (USA)
• Célina Nypels (53), Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgique

• 1909 » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico († 1969)
• 1909 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager († 1994)
• 1910 » Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast († 1998)
• 1911 » Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer († 1992)
• 1911 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist († 2005)
• 1912 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1989)
• 1912 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor († 1980)
• 1913 » Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress († 1976)
• 1913 » Peter Cushing, English actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Pierre Daninos, French author († 2005)

• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)

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

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

• 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 6.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.

The temperature on May 26, 1911 was between 10.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.