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• Adrianus Cornelis de Vet, Ginneken en Bavel († 2005)
• Breunisje Ruttenberg, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Aalbert Evert Sprakelaar, Zeist († 2003)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Rondeel, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Alfred Karel Paul Maria VAN SCHÖNBURG-HARTENSTEIN, Hartenstein Bavaria Germany († 1944)
• "Piet" Petrus Johannes Martinus van Wijngaarden, 's Gravenhage († 1945)
• Adriana (Jeanne) van der Krans, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bernardus Vugteveen, Hardenberg († 2014)
• Adriana Anna Catharina Leijs, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1979)
• († 1959)

• Aleida Woutera van Mourik (65), Barneveld
• Augustus Gijsbertus Mulié (70), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Martinus Johannes Pelgrim
• Arnoldus van Drueten (78), Wehl (Doetinchem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Pleiffer (79), ´s Gravenhage
• Anna Theodora van Schijndel (71), amsterdam
• Anna Maria van ROOIJ (77), Amersfoort
• Augustus Gijsbertus mulié (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Drueten (78), Meerenbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Vandenberg (63), Freedom, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, 54130, Verenigde Staten

• 1922 » Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar († 1977)
• 1923 » Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor († 1990)
• 1925 » Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor († 2002)
• 1925 » Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1926 » David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1927 » Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist
• 1928 » René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player
• 1929 » Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1929 » Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1929 » Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player († 1985)

• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)

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 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on February 27, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.