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• Antonius Adrianus Sebregts, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 2003)
• C.G.A. (Cor) Zeldenthuis, Enkhuizen, 1600, Nederland († 2014)
• Abraham Mozes Peekel, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Adriana Maria Geense, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1927)
• Bep Corbee († 2006)
• Augina Sloots, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)
• Cecelia Konevich, Monaca, PA († 1989)
• Catharina Maria Bakker, onbekend († 1997)
• Antonius Johannes Maria van den Broek, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1986)
• Abraham Peekel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Constance Abrahamina van Gelder de Neufville (69), 's Gravenhage
• Charles Friedrich Hilgendorf (82), Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Albertus van Kessel (72), Montfoort
• Alida Ferdinandus (20), Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Gerarda Verwer
• Casper Maltha (82), Rotterdam
• Adolphis (Berthiaume) Barcomb (72), Mooers Forks, Clinton, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Maria den Dunnen (89), Leerdam
• Annigje Fransen Suermond (87), Noord Eschmarke, Lonneker
• Albert Wassen (14), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1923 » Ed Cassidy, American jazz and rock drummer († 2012)
• 1923 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician († 2006)
• 1925 » Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach († 2015)
• 1925 » Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1926 » David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician
• 1928 » Betsy Rawls, American golfer
• 1928 » Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt († 2020)
• 1928 » Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader († 2006)
• 1928 » Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher
• 1928 » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver († 1961)

• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)

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 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• 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
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on May 4, 1926 was between 5.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.