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• Adrianus Leonardus Johannes Rotteveel, Rotterdam († 1911)
• Aloysius Joannes SANDERS, Kalmthout († 1990)
• Adrianus Hendricus Franciscus van Opstal, Tilburg,Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Antonius Klijn, Drunen († 1977)
• Albertha Elske Honders, Dieren(Rheden), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Nobbenhuis, Geesteren († 1995)
• Abraham Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alida Margaretha Tossijn, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Adriaan Jan van Raalte, Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Bakker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Adrianus van Kaam (85), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ada Maude Cheshier (0), Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Schoonhoven (68), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoni Ilbrink (72), Deventer
• Cassie Ann Walker (73), Superior, Washtenaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria de Roos (59), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Koo (76)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Seba (50), Alkmaar
• Belia Cuilenburg (62), Leerdam
• Bernardina Helena van Haren (1), Zevenaar

• 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)
• 1914 » Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer († 1986)
• 1914 » James Rouse, American real estate developer († 1996)
• 1916 » Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator († 2000)
• 1916 » Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot († 2013)
• 1916 » Morris West, Australian author and playwright († 1999)

• 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)

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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
• 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.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

The temperature on April 26, 1911 was between 4.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.