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• Aaltje Schultz, Adorp († 2002)
• Antonius Ferdinandus Zweegers, Eindhoven († 1991)
• Alfred Bouwma († 1999)
• Augusta Anna Tas, Schiedam, Nederland († 2008)
• Anna Maria Klinkers, Susteren († 2006)
• Alida Ferdinand Maria Verbiest, bergen op zoom
• Arie Wilhelmus Bovendeert, Rotterdam († 1976)
• Anna Klazina Meulenberg, Wissenkerke († 2010)
• Aaltje Fernhout, Hoogeveen († 1966)
• "Philippe" Albert Jean François Marie Joseph Ghislain Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem, Folkestone, Kent, Royaume-Uni († 2000)

• Ariaantje Maria Taselaar (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kreijts (91)
• Anna Maria Vankan (76), Schimmert, Nederland
• Aart Snijders (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons MYNGHEER (46), Neuville-sous-Montreuil,62170,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,France
• Antonia Breden, Wilp ( Voorst )
• Adriaantje Conijn (Konijn) (66), Wervershoof Nederland
• Anna Catharina Joanna WOUTERS (27), Turnhout Belgie
• Ann H Fellows (74), Munson, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• ALFRED EDMOND RUIJS DE BEERENBROUCK (75), Maastricht

• 1912 » Dane Clark, American actor and director († 1998)
• 1913 » George Barker, English author and poet († 1991)
• 1914 » Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director († 1986)
• 1916 » Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer († 1987)
• 1918 » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana († 2013)
• 1918 » Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus († 1980)
• 1918 » Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic († 1985)
• 1919 » Mason Adams, American actor († 2005)
• 1920 » Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer († 2005)
• 1920 » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer († 2004)

• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 1936 » February 26 Incident:
• 1943 » Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)

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.
• 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.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on February 26, 1916 was between -1.9 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.