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• Aart van Wijk, Kedichem († 1915)
• Albert Cunningham Moss († 1929)
• Adriaantje Sonneveldt, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Antje Wassenaar, Minnertsga († 1989)
• Alwine Minna Ilse Rost, Halle an der Saale, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Angeline Lucille LaPalio, Anderson, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Anna Maria Babel, Recklinghausen (D) († 1975)
• Benjamin "Bennie" " Ben" Groen, Lone Rock, Kossuth Co., IA († 1987)
• Auke de Boer, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)
• Antje Abrahams Wassenaar († 1989)

• Aaltje Van Dijk (64), Ferwerderadeel
• Anna Kregel (2), Peize
• Aaltje Schonewille (4), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida van Bleisem (58), Wervershoof,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Aaltje Hendrikus Schonewille (4), Emmen
• Anje Zaagman (81), Bedum, Onderdendam
• Aart Jan Warnaar (1), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Kornelis van Dijk (64), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• ANDRIES HOOGERWERF (73), VLAARDINGEN
• Annigje Freerks Visser (42), Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)
• 1919 » John Carl Warnecke, American architect († 2010)
• 1921 » Abe Vigoda, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic († 2011)
• 1922 » Steven Hill, American actor († 2016)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)

• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (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. 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 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

The temperature on February 24, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.