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• Aaltje Wybenga († 2012)
• Adrianus Rossen, Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Alfred Giard († 2005)
• Albert Tiekink, Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), Frankrijk († 2023)
• amelia jones, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Irma de Bruijn, Terneuzen († 1941)
• Abraham Moscou, Amsterdam
• anna van der MARK, oud-beijerland († 2006)
• Adriana Cornelia Nuytermans, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• anna magdalena maria (an) rongen, venray (oirlo)

• Adriaan Kwist (39), Vlissingen (Walcheren), Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Antonia Veldhuizen (80), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hagemeijer (66)
• Albertus Johan Hermanus Veldhuizen (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Bonn (73), Gemsheim, Germany
• Anna Maria van Schaijk (78), Someren
• Aaltje Taekes Halma (55), Rijswijk, province of Zuid-Holland
• (2) Johanna. Verschuur (84), Voerendaal (Limb) Nederland
• Anna van Eck (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Halma (55), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1921 » Betty Hutton, American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1922 » Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman († 2007)

• 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)
• 1947 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
• October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

The temperature on February 26, 1919 was between -1.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.