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• Antonia C. Kuijpers († 2004)
• Anna Jongma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Korteweg, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Alberdina Gerharda BOUWMEESTER, Apeldoorn, Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Ambrose Joseph Wilson "Bud" Gegan, Orange, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Antonius Haans, Tilburg († 1917)
• Adriana Nagtzaam, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Annechien Saadhoff, (DR) Emmen († 1917)
• Antonius van Dun, Baarle-Nassau († 1919)
• Aaltje Netjes, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1983)

• Albert Jacob Lenskens (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (Junna) Liplijn (31), Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Lassche (73), Vollenhove, Stad
• Arend Jan Hendrik Ligtenberg (0), Wesepe
• August Seraphin van Eibergen Santhagens (74), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Lambertus de Bie (38), Tiel
• Antonius van de Westelaken, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Antonius Franciscus Koopmans (81), Tubbergen, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Wanrooij (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abe de Boer (52), Warga, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Nederland

• 1913 » Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1914 » Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire († 2006)
• 1915 » William Hopper, American actor († 1970)
• 1917 » Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain († 2014)
• 1918 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian dictator, 1st President of Romania († 1989)
• 1918 » Philip José Farmer, American author († 2009)
• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)

• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)

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.
• February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

The temperature on January 26, 1916 was between 4.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.