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• Abraham Zwanenburg, Vlaardingen († 2010)
• Arend Jan Kamerbeek († 1944)
• Albert Herman (Herman) Kunst, De Pollen, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Weijers, Nijmegen († 1926)
• Amalia van Spier, Culemborg (NL) († 1942)
• Afra Maria Hoogeboom, Koedijk
• Pieter den Hertog († 1998)
• Antonia Margaretha van Wees, Bovenkerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• * Josiena Elisabeth (Jo) Hermenet, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Johannes Sieders, Hoogeveen († 1945)

• van de Heuvel, Rotterdam
• Anthonie Hidskes (69), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Linden (78), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus van der Westerlaken (0), Ulvenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Berlo (75), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Snijder (0), Hollandscheveld
• Antonius van Berlo (75), Helmond
• Adriana van den Eshof (64), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aart de Harder (0), Bunschoten
• Achian "Adrian" Vander Sluis (66), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1922 » Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1923 » Geneviève Asse, French painter
• 1925 » Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1925 » Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress († 2013)
• 1926 » Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1926 » Ruth Asawa, American sculptor († 2013)
• 1927 » Paula Hawkins, American politician († 2009)
• 1927 » Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, Scottish lieutenant († 2007)
• 1928 » Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
• 1928 » Michel Serrault, French actor († 2007)

• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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. Trijntje

• 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.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 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.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.

The temperature on January 24, 1926 was between 2.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.