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• Albert Francois DUJARDIN, Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 1987)
• Anno IJsbrand Galama, Burgwerd († 1970)
• Adrianus Johannes van de Ven
• Adriana Johanna van Schinkel, IJsselstein († 1998)
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Janssens, Tilburg († 1961)
• Adrianus Henricus Josephus Emmanuel Jansen, Berlicum
• Alfons van Hemelen, Tongerlo, Antwerpen, België († 1912)
• Abraham de Korte, Domburg, Walcheren, NL († 2003)
• Alida Bernardina Matthijssen, Schiedam († 2005)
• Albertus Frederikus Stinissen, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Maria de Bie (67)
• Aafje Kremers (67), Dwingeloo
• Adriana Petronella van Loenhout (0), Breda Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Akke Gatzesd KALSBEEK (80), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adoniram Judson Palmer (78)
• Bernard Eduard Anthonie Ronkes (43), Loemadjang
• Aafje (Aaffien) Kremers (67), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Sophia Delheye (70), Langemark
• August Rodday (69), Neu Bagnowen
• Alke Frouws (18), Onstwedde Groningen Nederland

• 1905 » William Loeb III, American publisher († 1981)
• 1907 » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)
• 1910 » Marguerite Churchill, American actress († 2000)
• 1912 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila († 1962)
• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

• 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.
• March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• 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 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

The temperature on December 26, 1911 was between 2.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.