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• Albert Stevens, Exloerveen, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)
• Albert Jan Makkinga, Ommen, Ov, The Netherlands († 1914)
• Anna Maria Dijkers, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria NEGGERS, Diessen (Noord Brabant) (NL)
• Adrianus Johannes Kooloos, Achterveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 1977)
• Adolphien Clementine Gort, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abraham BLOK, Middelharnis († 2010)
• Alida Adriane Jacobs ter Weeme, Neede
• Alida Adriane Joacoba ter Weeme, Neede
• Albert Velema, Musselkanaal,Gemeente Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland

• Allegonda van Berkel (62), Uden
• Arnoldus Theodorus Leonardus van Gelder (20), Berlicum
• Berend Jan de Leeuw (52), Lutten
• Andries Teunis de Groot (80), Zwijndrecht
• Adrianus van DRAVIK Jzn (3), Den Bommel, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antje Boesschoten (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis de Bruijn (31), Rotterdam
• Clara Louise Ulrike Elise van Keudell (77), Riga, Letland
• Cornelia de WAARD (84), Middelburg
• Aagje Kamp (75), Schellinkhout

• 1912 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1989)
• 1912 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor († 1980)
• 1913 » Josef Manger, German weightlifter († 1991)
• 1913 » Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress († 1976)
• 1913 » Peter Cushing, English actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Pierre Daninos, French author († 2005)
• 1914 » Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 1915 » Antonia Forest, English author († 2003)
• 1915 » Vernon Alley, American bassist († 2004)
• 1916 » Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author († 1972)

• 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)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
• August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

The temperature on May 26, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.