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• Arie Cohen, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1954)
• Dirk Oskamp, Zegveld († 2005)
• Berber van Veen, Dronrijp († 2013)
• * Willem van Beek, Barneveld († 1962)
• Anne van Assen, Bergum († 2000)
• August Baeten, Kermt († 1996)
• Prins, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1918)
• Antonius Marinus van Leeuwen, Veldhuizen († 1919)
• Berber van der Veen, Dronrijp († 2013)
• Adriana Margaretha Catherina Berkman, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)

• Prins (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Alex Leopold Rijken (48), Semarang
• Alexandrina Rosalina de Medeiros (53), Tambau, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albertus Westerbeek (21), Meppel,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Mensen (68), Geesteren (gem. Tubbergen)/NL
• Adriaan Spuijbroek (28), Sprang
• Albert Elders (54), Haren
• Albertus Mensen (68), Geesteren
• Alexandre Auguste Delemer (52), Parijs, X-arr, 75110, Ile de France, F
• Aaltje Conradi (71), Steenwijk,, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1912 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila († 1962)
• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)
• 1921 » John Severin, American illustrator († 2012)
• 1921 » Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1922 » Richard Mayes, English actor († 2006)
• 1923 » Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 2013)

• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

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. Helena
14. Geertruida
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 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
• January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The temperature on December 26, 1918 was between -1.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.