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• Adrianus Cornelis (Kees) Paardekam, Ossendrecht, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Jacoba van Doeselaar, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1920)
• Antonetta Ludovica Pijnen, Woensdrecht († 1992)
• Anna Helena Heijnen, Schoonebeek († 1923)
• A. Brinkman († 1988)
• van der Schans, Westerlee (Scheemda)
• Alice Marie Lorenson
• Antoon Kockmann, Oldenzaal († 2013)
• Antoon Herman de Metter, Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Adrianus Reigwein, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Albertus Everardus van Uem (53), Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van den Boer (68), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Anna de Jager, Bergen op Zoom
• Aloysius Adrianus Klijn (77), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagtje Leegwater (64), Alkmaar
• Albert Baantjer (79), Harlingen
• Anna Elisabeth Broeders- (80), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Schols (68), Gulpen-Wittem (Wittem-Partij) (Limburg)
• Aaltje Riphagen (47), Apeldoorn
• Anna Elisaberh BROEDERS (80), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1918 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian dictator, 1st President of Romania († 1989)
• 1918 » Philip José Farmer, American author († 2009)
• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)
• 1921 » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1999)
• 1921 » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records († 2005)
• 1922 » Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1922 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health († 1993)

• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)

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

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

The temperature on January 26, 1920 was between 1.0 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.