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• Cornelia Maria Johanna Bax, Tilburg († 1993)
• Catharina Rolandus, Rotterdam
• Charles Constantine Darby, Lititz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica († 1973)
• Aaltje Wildeboer, 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland († 1976)
• Antonie Verhoeven, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Beulah Esther Dorl Kelly Nelson Neilson, Page County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Catharina Hoog, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aafke Tjepkema, Vrouwenparochie (gem. Waadhoeke, Friesland) († 1939)
• Cornelia Slob, Lopik (NL) († 2010)
• Antoon Verhagen, Hilversum, Nederland († 1988)

• "Albert" Heinrich Leopold Karl von Dörnberg (90), Kaliningrad / Königsberg, Russie
• Aaltje Vogel (0), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Pauwels (74), Berendrecht, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anna Schonewille (75), slagharen/ambt hardenberg
• Anna Gesina Duckitt b3c1d1 (59), Villa Ida, Kloof Road, Cape Town
• Antje Gerrits van der Meulen (61), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Beekman (77), Bolwerkstraatje 3, wijk 5, Leiden
• Anna Schimmel (80), Amsterdam
• Albert Vos (66), Op zee gestorven
• Bartje Vinke (44), Heerde

• 1908 » Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator († 2006)
• 1911 » Otto von Bülow, German commander († 2006)
• 1912 » Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming († 2009)
• 1918 » Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1918 » Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1918 » Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer († 2008)
• 1919 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author († 2003)
• 1921 » MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder († 2010)
• 1921 » Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1921 » Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer († 2003)

• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)

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.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on October 16, 1915 was between 3.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.