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• Albert August Donckers, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1986)
• Adrianus Marcelis van den Wijngaard, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriana Hendrika van Duin, Rotterdam († 1917)
• Albert Maurits Cardoen, Geluwe 8940 BE († 1996)
• Aart Leendert Romijn, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Abel Huls († 1972)
• Anna Maria Daniëlse, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anne van Dompselaar, Barsingerhorn, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Albert Lambrichts, Hasselt, België († 1967)
• Andries Andriesz van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 1998)

• Arie de Bruin (0), Ameide
• Anthonie Bon Adriaan Lodewijk Armand van Gramont (30)
• Carolina Maria Vercauteren (31), Clinge (NL)
• Angus Falconer (Maj)(V.C.) DOUGLAS-HAMILTON (52)
• Captain Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (26), France
• Charlotte Ann Putman (74), Mayfield (Fulton County) (New York)
• Annigje Kleine (0), Hollandscheveld
• Anna Hubertina Hekkens (0), Tegelen
• Charles Henry George GASCOINE (20), Killed in action
• Anna Margaritha Bollen (45), Neerpelt

• 1909 » Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR († 1992)
• 1911 » Al Helfer, American sportscaster († 1975)
• 1913 » Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player († 1998)
• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1914 » Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert († 2011)
• 1917 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1917 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist († 1993)
• 1918 » Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World († 2000)
• 1919 » Barbara Britton, American actress († 1980)
• 1919 » Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author († 2012)

• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.3 million citizens.
• May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
• May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The temperature on September 26, 1915 was between 7.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.