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• Agnes Caris, Nederweert, Nederland († 2002)
• Albertus Alexander Clementinus Cuypers, Stabroek († 1978)
• Antoon Fortgens, Amsterdam († 1917)
• Arie van Leeuwen († 2001)
• (Rikkie) Hendrika Elisabeth Viersma, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1952)
• Arie van Middelkoop, Oud-Alblas († 2000)
• Berend Kroezen, Hoogeveen († 1931)
• Adriana Johanna Hamers, Dongen († 1944)
• Adriaan Krom, Uitgeest († 1979)
• Adriana Lambrechtsen, Amsterdam († 1999)

• Antonius Gerardus Magielse (0), Klundert
• Aleida Hendrika Völling (72), Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bontje Harms Ax (13), Smilde, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vollebergh (77), Little Chute, Outagamie county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Albert Jan Van Ginderen (0), Gouda, Nederland
• Arie de Vreugd (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan van Dam (82), Moordrecht
• Angeline M Mertz (76), Philadelphia Co.Pennsylvania
• Anthonius Oorschot (36), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Visser (73), Hoornschedijk, gem. Haren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1909 » Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader († 1982)
• 1912 » George O. Petrie, American actor and director († 1997)
• 1912 » W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author († 1995)
• 1913 » Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress († 2015)
• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• 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.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on November 16, 1915 was between -3.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.