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• Adrianus Anthonius Jongerius, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Joannes Mathijs (Mathieu) Marting, As, België († 1944)
• Adriana Anna Klapwijk, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1981)
• "Erwin" Otto Humin Wickert, Bralitz, Bad Freienwalde, Allemagne († 2008)
• Aaltje van Drumpt, Wageningen († 1997)
• Anthonius Franciscus Wolff, Madioen († 1943)
• !! Lauritsdatter († 1915)
• Anna Maria Kraaijkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriaan Schrier, Oostdijk, gem. Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adrianus Bakker, Utrecht († 1916)

• Alexander Allan (2), Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Antje Mantel (49), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Middel (0), Onstwedde
• Antonij Verhaal (69), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Oosten (16)
• Antonie de Wit (40), Den-Haag
• Jan Goslings (75), 's Gravenhage
• Anna BODMER (87)
• Albert Moes (77), Fransum (Gem. Aduard), Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Middel (0), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)

• 1910 » Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas († 1994)
• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1916 » Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player († 1988)
• 1916 » W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic († 1989)
• 1920 » Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1921 » Chester Kallman, American poet and translator († 1975)
• 1921 » Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician († 1997)
• 1922 » Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager († 2014)
• 1922 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player († 2000)

• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.

The temperature on January 7, 1915 was between 5.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 16.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.