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• Albert de Kerchove d'Exaerde, Sainte-Croix, 31005, Belgique († 2006)
• Catharina Maria ANDRÉ de la PORTE, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Christina Anna Leijtens, Waalwijk († 2012)
• Alice Ann Sykes, Niagara Falls (US) († 2010)
• Dekker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Bernard Edwin Thompson, McAdams, Attala Co., MS († 1991)
• Baby Oosterhuis, Schaapsbulten, Delfzijl († 1926)
• Christiaan Bart Bos, Maassluis († 1992)
• Antonius Vianen, Haastrecht († 1991)
• Antoon Jan Alfons (Antoine) Gielen, Vliermaalroot, België († 2006)

• Michiel Goslings (52), utrecht
• Anna Hermina Euwe (71), Beverwijk
• Anna Susanna Elisabeth van der Laag (73), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Charlotte Adolphine GOSSELIN (85), Coudekerque... Hauts de France
• Benardus Maria Antonius Gelsing (4), Haarlem
• Adrianus Gerardus Josephus Ector (20), Eindhoven
• Cornelia Leeuwenhoek (63), Haastrecht
• Dekker (0), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Meinds (0), Groningen
• Anna Hermina Euwe (72), Beverwijk

• 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. 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.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• 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
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

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.