About the day » Tuesday September 26, 1916Calender converter

• Anna Margaretha Suvaal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Nieboer, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 2011)
• Alfredo Hülse, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1980)
• Adèle Cora Pierce, Illinois /, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Alf Egil Holterhuset, Holterhuset, Fet, Akershus († 1998)
• Adam Trapman († 1995)
• Albert van Dijk, Kampen († 1980)
• Anna Cornelia Aerts, Merksplas, België († 1932)
• Adriaan Timmerman, Vlissingen († 1916)
• Alpha Mae Beasley Roberts [Wk]Wk2, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1986)

• David Rijkens (2), Hoogezand
• Catharina Burg (0), Roermond
• Cornelia Maria Mutsaers (0), Tilburg
• Adriana Hendrika Viersma (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Nijhof (0), Overdinkel
• Berend Prins (72), Nieuw-Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Clara van den Brand (69), Son en Breugel
• Antje Janssen SIEBELTS (63), Aurich,,GERMANY,Velde,Hanover
• Aartje Wolters (1), Rotterdam
• Caroline Emoline Mitchell (93), Onondaga Twp, Brant, Ontario, Canada

• 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)
• 1922 » Takis Miliadis, Greek actor († 1985)

• 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. 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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• 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 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

The temperature on September 26, 1916 was between 7.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.