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• Albertus Leonhardus Borst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriana Jacoba of Joan van Krugten, Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Albertina Clasina Mers, Stolkertsijver, Boven Commewijne († 1989)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER VEER, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1915)
• Angèle Ronsse, Bevere († 1987)
• Anna Johanna Maria de VEEN, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Marie van Roeyen, Clinge,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Cornelis Bekers, Boxtel († 1978)
• Anna Cornelia Moor, Den Helder († 2010)
• Agnes Clifford, Blackhill, Consett, Durham, England († 1963)

• Aloys Pieters (55), Camblain-Chatelain, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Kraaikamp (29), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Fredrich William Wolfgram (15), Petersburg
• Antonie Borgman (34), Haarle (Hellendoorn)
• Adriaantje Rink (40), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Helena van Roijen (39), Maastricht
• Antonius Schellekens, Dongen
• Antonius van der Jagt (57), Amsterdam
• Anje Sierts Bouwman (79), Usquert
• Alexander Bothwell Case (61), USA

• 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)
• 1915 » Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1916 » Bill Leonard, American journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II († 1987)
• 1916 » Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist († 1974)
• 1917 » Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
• 1917 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer († 2006)
• 1917 » Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet († 1965)
• 1917 » Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer left-half and manager († 2005)
• 1918 » Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House († 2008)

• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)

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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 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 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.

The temperature on April 9, 1915 was between 4.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.