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• Cornelis de Ruijter, Hardinxveld († 1981)
• Cornelis van Helden, almkerk (noord brabant) († 1982)
• Amelie "“Emmy” Timmerman, Antwerpen, België († 2016)
• Aalt Woudenberg († 1990)
• Catharina van ELBURG, Almelo († 1926)
• Alexander Rimini, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Anne-Marie MERCIER, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2016)
• Bertha Maria van den Heuvel, Oss († 1926)
• Claas Bakker, Durgerdam († 1997)
• Alice MARTENS, Membruggen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2023)

• Anna Adriana Kappers (88), 's-Gravenhage
• Adele Constance Nater (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Christina Gulickx (4), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje Blauw (4), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Gründemann ongehuwd (45), Roosendaal, NB, Nederland
• Aaltje Boksen (74), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Geerse (21), Serooskerke
• Schoorstra (0), Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Biestraten (51), Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Gründemann (45), Rozendaal

• 1923 » Louise Brough, American tennis player († 2014)
• 1925 » İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author († 2010)
• 1925 » Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic († 1983)
• 1926 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist († 1990)
• 1927 » Col Geelan, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1996)
• 1927 » Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television host († 2014)
• 1927 » Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1927 » Robert Mosbacher, American sailor, businessman, and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Commerce († 2010)
• 1928 » Albert Salmi, American actor († 1990)

• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)

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.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on March 11, 1926 was between 0.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.