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• Anne Andreas (Anthony Andrew) HOEKEMA, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Mathilda Maria de Jong, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Abraham Cornelis Hofkes, Hillegom († 1987)
• Boom, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1913)
• Aaltje Riemeijer, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Zwarts, Rotterdam
• Angenita Wouterina Elisabeth Vleugel, Utrecht
• Abraham van Zanten, Sidikalang (ID)
• Anje Roerig, Noorderhoogebrug († 1974)
• Aafke Booi († 1979)

• Adriaan Faasse (86), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Jans Zoethout (Soethout) (71), Marrum
• Catherine Elizabeth Blackburn (80), New Paris, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Antje Geerts Venema (81), Veenwouden
• Antje Geerts Venema (81), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Huisman (78), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Arnouts (0), Etten Leur
• Aagje Hillegonda Maurits (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus (Arien) LAAN (79), Wervershoof,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Arendina Johanna Goosman (78), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor († 2002)
• 1909 » Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1913 » Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1914 » C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida († 2002)
• 1914 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1914 » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1993)
• 1916 » Dean Brooks, American physician and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop († 2013)
• 1918 » Marjorie Lord, American actress († 2015)

• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

The temperature on July 26, 1913 was between 13.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.