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• Adriana Toet, Scheveningen († 1918)
• Aart Ambachtsheer, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Stam, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1918)
• Adelheid Maria Wolbers, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Aalt Koers, Amsterdam († 1917)
• Abraham Lever, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltje Klasens, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Albertus Joannes Parijs, Sint Amands († 1984)
• Adrianus Cornelis Joannes Wilhelmus de Beer, Tilburg († 1979)
• Adrianus Cornelis Joannes Wilhelmus de Beer, Tilburg († 1979)

• Anna van de Manden (55), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Hoogland (75), de Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Koel (64), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Huisman (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Hoogland (75), De Bilt
• Adrianus Cornelis Kester (19), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Jacob Dormits (76), Rotterdam
• Aaltje MARS, Soest
• Annetta Johanna Hubertina Mathijssen (28), Maastricht
• Andrew Jackson Cooley (84), Boyle, Kentucky, United States

• 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 » Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author († 2006)
• 1920 » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer († 2004)

• 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)
• 1945 » Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on February 26, 1917 was between 0.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.