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• Antonius Adrianus Derksen, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1916)
• Anton Jan Thomas Kornman, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana Snellaars, Boxtel († 1994)
• Aukes, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Adriana Uitterlinden (Uijtterlinde), Puttershoek, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Emerentiana Maria Tetteroo, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aartje Middelhoek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana Helena Link, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alfons Cools, Eindhout 2430(Belgie) († 1993)
• Adriana in 't Groen, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Aleida Berendina Meunders (74), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth de Groot (0), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Mol (64), Hoeven
• Abraham Abas van Abbe (70), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Majoor (83), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Hurk (23), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Arnoldus van Hoorne (100), Leerbroek
• Andrew White McClellan (83), Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Christina Linthorst (2), amsterdam, Nederland
• Albertha de Bruin (0), IJsselstein

• 1911 » Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator († 1991)
• 1913 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist († 1980)
• 1913 » Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman († 2001)
• 1915 » Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer († 1994)
• 1916 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor († 1964)
• 1916 » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco († 2005)
• 1917 » Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer († 2005)
• 1918 » Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1918 » Jeff Chandler, American actor († 1961)

• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

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 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• 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 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

The temperature on December 15, 1915 was between 0.4 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.