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• Catharina Maria ANDRÉ de la PORTE, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert de Kerchove d'Exaerde, Sainte-Croix, 31005, Belgique († 2006)
• Alida Margretha Clara Damhuis *, Steenwijkerwold († 1990)
• Arie Cornelis Schouten, Boskoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Alice Ann Sykes, Niagara Falls (US) († 2010)
• Christiaan Bart Bos, Maassluis († 1992)
• Meinds, Groningen († 1926)
• Beatrice Mafalda Lassay, Semarang,Central Java,Indonesia († 2004)
• Aleida Margaretha HANSKAMP, Poerbolinggo, Indonesië
• Baby Oosterhuis, Schaapsbulten, Delfzijl († 1926)

• Meinds (0), Groningen
• Anna Susanna Elisabeth VAN DER LAAG (73), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia HEEREN (0), Rucphen
• Antje Lippes van der Veen (88), Bloemendaal
• Barbara Driessen (29), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Josephus Ector (20), Eindhoven
• Anne Jans van der Ley (67)
• Alida Bouhuijsen (89), Wormerveer
• Barbara Driessen (26), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie den Hoed (71), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut († 1990)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

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

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

• 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.

The temperature on February 23, 1926 was between 6.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.