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• Aalte Zuidema († 1982)
• Angele Philomena Leontina Smet, Clinge († 1932)
• Anthony Lennox Pilcher, Wellington, New Zealand († 1993)
• Abraham Clarke, Derby, Derbyshire, England († 1976)
• Alijda Willemsen († 2008)
• Arie Heijblok, den Helder († 1985)
• Arie Heijblok, Den Helder († 1985)
• Anna Wilhelmina Leltz, Sint Pieter († 1915)
• Aldegonda Johanna Cox, Soerendonk († 1991)
• Antoinetta Lebon, Heer en Keer, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)

• Berend Meendering (70), Vlagtwedde
• Antonie Hermes (85), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart de Ridder (86), Oudewater
• Albert Ezn Brester (59), Bussum
• Anna Auguste Martha KUHNKE (38), Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
• Annie Stidham (0)
• Anna Cornelia BASTIAANSEN (24), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amanda Kruschke (25), Town Sherman
• Amanda Kruschke (25), Town Sherman
• Aart De RIDDER (86), Oudewater

• 1911 » Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States († 1978)
• 1911 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem († 2007)
• 1911 » Vincent Price, American actor († 1993)
• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)
• 1912 » Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1912 » Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1995)
• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

The temperature on May 27, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.