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• Antonius Wilhelmus Dionijsius Coolen, Tilburg († 1968)
• Abraham in den Bosch, Zierikzee († 2005)
• Alle J. Attema († 1982)
• Alida Ottilie Jautze, Buitenzorg (Batavia) († 1945)
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Helm, Stompwijk
• Adrianus C. van der Helm († 1989)
• Bastiaan van Oudheusden, Puttershoek († 2001)
• Annie B. van der Perk († 1994)
• Albert Meijers, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Agnes (Laurentius van der Laan) Ahlers, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)

• Constantijn Albrecht August Vrijheer Quadt van Wickrath-Hüchtenbruck (74), Potsdam, Brandenburg
• Coenraad Pieter Meijer (0), unbekannt
• Cornelis Burger (67), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Willemsen (67), Terneuzen
• Aaltje Ruis (78), Sint Pancras
• Aaltje Jandr Ruijs (78), Sint Pancras, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna (Antje) van Ingen (86), Zeist
• Cornelis Burger (67), Wassenaar
• Aaltje Ruijs (78), St-Pancras
• Antke Schreuder (72)

• 1912 » Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1913 » Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer († 1985)
• 1914 » Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer († 2002)
• 1915 » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress († 2007)
• 1915 » Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist († 2007)
• 1915 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal († 1983)
• 1916 » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general († 1997)
• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on October 6, 1915 was between 5.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.