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• Adriana Cijsouw, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 2000)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth - Annie Franken, Hilversum († 1991)
• Antje van Muiswinkel, Aarlanderveen († 1952)
• Aleta Odelle Wright, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Anna Maria Blandina Lavrijsen, Reusel († 2000)
• Antonius Johannes Kolkman, Olst († 1920)
• Annigje (Anna) van Buiten, Paasloo († 1999)
• Antonius Bernardus Rampen, Zwolle († 2005)
• Berend Barmentloo, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alphonsus Albertus Vanelderen, Alken, België († 1917)

• Albinus Henry Weingartner (27), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
• Adriana Freijssen (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nehterlands
• (77), Pilger, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Alfred Otto Victor Ernst van Bülow (64), Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg
• Catharina Margaretha Diemont (52), Dordrecht
• Barteld Everts Kreuze (53), Oosterboer (Meppel), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Blom (74), Windesheim, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Frederika Puts (36), Nijmegen
• Adriana van Dun (0), Boxtel
• "Félicien Emile" Posty (31), Adinkercke à l'Hôpital Militaire Cabour

• 1914 » Laurie Lee, English author and poet († 1997)
• 1914 » Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty († 2001)
• 1915 » Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet († 2013)
• 1915 » George Haigh, English professional footballer († 2019)
• 1915 » Paul Castellano, American gangster († 1985)
• 1916 » Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer († 2010)
• 1916 » Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author († 1988)
• 1917 » Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist († 2019)
• 1918 » Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician († 2008)
• 1918 » Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot († 2007)

• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

The temperature on June 26, 1916 was between 11.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.