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• Alfons (Fonke van Marus Tiés) Torfs, Beerzel († 2011)
• Ariaantje Vogelsang, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1983)
• Adriana Agatha Helena Nederpelt, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Arend Harmsen
• Andries Lolkes Zijlstra, Hidaard, gem. Littenseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Scherpenisse, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1915)
• Anna Maria Jozefa Debets, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Albertje Eleveld, Steenwijk († 1915)
• Anna Maria Josephina Debets, Kerkrade (L († 2002)
• Bessie Lariane Beam, Douglas, AZ († 1931)

• Albert ten Cate (73), Zuidbroek
• Adriana Groenheijden (72), Wateringen
• (Anna)Maria Vogels (68), Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Stormezand (81), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Albertina Cornelia Haringa (16), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Isaac Kelly (55), Perry, Marion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie Stormezand (82), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Westerveld (1), Landsmeer, Gemeente Landsmeer, North Holland, Nederland
• Albert (Berendsz) ten Cate (73), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert ten Cate gr (73), Zuidbroek {GR}

• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)
• 1913 » Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
• 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)
• 1918 » John Forsythe, American actor († 2010)
• 1921 » Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist († 1999)
• 1923 » Jack Burke Jr., American golfer
• 1923 » Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)

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.
• February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
• March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on January 29, 1915 was between -4.4 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.