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• Anna Maria Loeve († 2008)
• Grippeling, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Andries Sytzes Haarsma († 1984)
• Alida Rosetta Jacob, Nijmegen († 1943)
• Antoinette van Kollenburg († 2018)
• Albert van Weeghel, Hattemerbroek, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonia Maria Beekman, Avereest († 2018)
• André Jacques Emile Conrardy, Ukkel, prov. Brabant († 2012)
• Aaltje Dina Petronella Broekert, ,, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Berendina Botter, Vriezenveen († 2002)

• Antoinette Maria Bernardina Dellenbag (80), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Clein (89), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria VERMEEREN (63), Breda
• Cornelia Catherina Margaretha Maria Ferf (74), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adriana Henriëtte Bloys Van Treslong (32), Amsterdam
• Alice Mary Byrne (75), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Bernard Hendrik Scholten (1), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Lieshout (80), Heeswijk
• Catharina Maria (Toke) VERMEEREN (63), Breda
• Carolina Derix (66), Horst

• 1923 » Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1923 » Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author († 2014)
• 1923 » Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic († 2000)
• 1924 » Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia († 2019)
• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1929 » John Conyers, American lawyer and politician († 2019)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• 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 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 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 May 16, 1926 was between 6.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.