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• Aaltje van der Velde, Urmond, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Catharina Alida Maria van de Meeberg, Tilburg († 1966)
• Adriaan Gillis Dijkers, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Adrianus Josephus Van der Westen, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1927)
• Adriaan Johan Mulderij, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Christine Moritz, Düsseldorf († 1928)
• Antje Stoffiena (Annie) Pollemans, Ter-Apelkanaal Vlagwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 1996)
• Cor Blatter, 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Abraham Cristiaan de Beurs, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Clementina Maria De Bock, Laarne, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1975)

• Arentje VERMEER (82), Schipluiden
• Arendje Guichelaar (3), Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van den Heuvel (57), Tilburg
• Adrianus Martinus Lodewijk (Hermannus) JANSSEN (25), Beuningen (Ned.)
• Alida Johanna Warners (61), Voorschoten
• Aleida Berendina Schreurs (62), Winterswijk
• Alida de Koning (85), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Maria Vreuls (0), Kerkrade (L
• Aaltje Groenink (0), Steenwijk
• Anna Adelheid (Adelheid) Deters (67), Twist-Adorf

• 1920 » E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1921 » Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer († 2011)
• 1922 » Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter († 1978)
• 1926 » Ben Johnston, American composer and academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach († 1983)
• 1927 » Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1927 » Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1928 » Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist († 2019)
• 1930 » Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1932 » Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2018)

• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)

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.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• 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
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on March 15, 1926 was between 5.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.