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• DELESALLE († 1991)
• Beppie Reens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aalt Gerrit van Drie, Putten († 2004)
• Clasina Maria Gerarda Cooijmans, Den Dungen († 1926)
• Charles Lawrence Campbell, Sebring, Highlands, Florida, VS († 1995)
• Corry Bons, Groesbeek († 2006)
• Desiré Alfons de Vijlder, Terhole,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1966)
• Auwert Veenstra († 2000)
• Boukje Schouten († 2001)
• Bini (Bruinsje) Bruinsma, Nieuwe Pekela († 2012)

• Adriana de Bruin (58), Brunsum
• Albert Jansen (77), Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena Bommel (74), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Postma (54), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Antonia Husstijn (84), Terheijden
• Adriaan Mechielsen (68), Ermelo (Ermelo), Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Smeets (65), Maasbree,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Maria Loozer (68), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aagje Visser (76), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kroon (21), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Warren Barker, American composer († 2006)
• 1924 » Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1924 » John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman († 2008)
• 1924 » Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1924 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist († 1976)
• 1926 » Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre († 2013)
• 1927 » Edie Adams, American actress and singer († 2008)
• 1927 » Pope Benedict XVI
• 1927 » Rolf Schult, German actor († 2013)
• 1928 » Dick Lane, American football player and soldier († 2002)

• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)

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.
• 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 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• 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.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on April 16, 1926 was between 8.0 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.