About the day » Monday February 1, 1926Calender converter

• Amalia Muller, Bandoeng (W-Java, Ned-Indië) († 1972)
• Anna Maria Swart, Valthermond, Drente († 1926)
• Antonie Smets, Sint-Truiden, België († 1987)
• Christiaan Johannes ter Velde († 2013)
• * Johanna Maria (Jannie) Murre, Middelharnis († 1989)
• Abe Rientses Rienstra († 1992)
• Zuidinga, Musselkanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1926)
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• Charles Wiegand, Padang (Nederlands Indië) († 2004)
• Catharina Hendrica Maria Donker, Vollenhove († 1957)

• de Graauw (0), Zevenbergen
• Bartholomeus Dreef (24), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antina op de Dijk (60), Muntendam, Gemeente Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Marlor Scott (94), Glenn Alpine, BURKE, N.C
• Anna Judith VALK (37), Bloemendaal
• Berendina van de Kuinder (0), Hilversum
• (59), Valthermond, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertine Vanderschelden (41), Brugge
• Anne van der Heide (28), Groningen, GRO, Nederland
• Antonie Matthijs Overkamp (71), Wamel

• 1921 » Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician († 2013)
• 1922 » Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress († 2004)
• 1923 » Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness († 2008)
• 1924 » Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager († 2012)
• 1924 » Richard Hooker, American novelist († 1997)
• 1927 » Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1928 » Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician († 2008)
• 1930 » Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh († 2019)
• 1930 » Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh

• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)

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 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• 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 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on February 1, 1926 was between 3.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.