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• Ann Kuper, Franklin County, Iowa († 2009)
• Berend van Loenen, Noorddijk-Ruischerbrug († 1943)
• Catrina Sijm
• Alice Renee Crabbe, Sortosville-en-Beaumont, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Berend Egberts, Anerveen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1979)
• Albertha Sjoukje Bloembergen, Rottevalle († 1970)
• Antonius Franciscus Bernardus Oosterik, Saasveld,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1984)
• Antonius Jacobus van Overbeek, Escharen († 1918)
• Aad van der Eijk († 1985)
• Aaltje Schuurhuis, Holtheme († 1975)

• Carolus Jacobs (74), Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Freriks (74), Voorst
• Annemike Kinds, Vught
• Wolter Dekker (82), Hoogeveen
• Anton Carl August Berding (72), Delft, Nederland
• Bernard Garretsen (75), Hummelo (Hummelo en Keppel)
• Albert Makkinga (59), ommen
• Aukje van Buiten (52), Smilde
• Antonetta Heijmans (62), Weert
• Adrianus Laanen (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL

• 1914 » Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer († 1986)
• 1914 » James Rouse, American real estate developer († 1996)
• 1916 » Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator († 2000)
• 1916 » Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot († 2013)
• 1916 » Morris West, Australian author and playwright († 1999)
• 1917 » I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower († 2019)
• 1917 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach († 1992)
• 1917 » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1918 » Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper († 2004)
• 1921 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer († 2008)

• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
• April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.

The temperature on April 26, 1918 was between 5.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.