• van MEIJGAARDEN
• Anna Robben, Barger-Oosterveld, Emmen
• Adriana Laurine Jeanette Plaatsman, Heteren († 1994)
• Anna Rip, Haarlemmermeer
• Armella Ehrenberger
• Albertus Schelhaas *, Steenwijkerwold
• Bernadette Josephine Maria (Detty) van den Hout, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriana Laurine Plaatsman, Heteren
• Adrianus Cornelis Verkooijen, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetje van den Bos, Apeldoorn

• Adriana Maurina TOL, van (2), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• David de Ryck (71), Bazel
• Adriaan Van der Veeke (28)
• Catharina van Gijn (72), Eibergen {GE}
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Eekelen (75), Roosendaal
• Antje Sybolts Brattinga (63), Sneek
• Antoinetta Cornelia Bos (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Hoek (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agatha Sara Koelewijn, Bloemendaal
• Dirk Arie de Bruijn (1), Ammerstol

• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 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 » Gil Merrick, English footballer († 2010)
• 1922 » Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1922 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health († 1993)
• 1923 » Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer († 2017)
• 1923 » Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral († 2014)

• 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)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

The temperature on January 26, 1921 was between 6.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.