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• Albert Holman, Hoogkerk
• Anna Jacoba van Vulpen, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Swanenberg, Berlicum († 1911)
• Anna Wybrens VAN DER MEULEN
• Anna Helena Maria Koning, Hoorn († 1995)
• Adriana Johanna Polet († 1976)
• Anne Pieter DIJKSTRA, Stiens (Leeuwarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1989)
• Roelen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Breukelman, Hardenberg († 1984)
• Albert Boerhof, Laaghalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1914)

• Adriana Van Pul (77), Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Hendriks Tigelaar (57), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Veen (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Mourik (72), Buurmalsen
• alice COLMANT (21), Dour (Belgium)
• Aaltje Apperlo (84), Zwartsluis (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Anne Carolina Madelaine Bloys van Treslong (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Andries Tigelaar (57), Coevorden
• Anna Margaretha van der Werf (52), Schoterland, Fr. NL
• Agatha Maria MEIJER (70), Venray, 3187, Limburg, Nederland

• 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)
• 1914 » Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director († 1986)

• 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:

• 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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on February 26, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.