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• Carel Willem Bastiaans, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Tjepkema († 2005)
• Carlotta Bennett, unbekannt († 1998)
• Beatrice Crum Palacios, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Adrianus Petrus van Aart, Oudenbosch († 1916)
• Arie Willem Wouter van Steenis, Sliedrecht († 1970)
• Antonius Adrianus van der Heijden († 2003)
• Akke Jaarsma, Wonseradeel († 1999)
• arendje van duijvenbode, katwijk
• Arthur Ronald James Baldwin († 1986)

• Aafje Schoenmaker (84), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Franciscus Jansen (2), Baarle-Nassau
• Antonetta Josephina Doorakkers (42), Tilburg (N-B)
• Albert C. Blank (17), Adams Co. Illinois
• Allegonda Crooijmans (72), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaantje Huisman (0), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Benjamin van Verseveld (48), Leersum
• Catharina van Dodewaard (50), Geldermalsen
• Antonetta Josephina Doorakkers (42), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anthonetta Josephina DOORAKKERS (42), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)
• 1910 » Marguerite Churchill, American actress († 2000)
• 1912 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila († 1962)
• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)
• 1921 » Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter († 2000)

• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

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.
• January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.

The temperature on December 26, 1915 was between 3.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.