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• Aartje Hendrika Johanna Touw, Arnhem, The Netherlands († 2006)
• Alice Jeanette Cleveringa, Sioux County, Iowa, VS († 2018)
• Alfons Jan Jozef Op De Weerdt, Lier († 1974)
• Albrecht Leopold De Maet, Assenede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1982)
• Boudewijn Couprie, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Augustinus Fredericus Leideritz, amsterdam († 1987)
• Adriana Jacoba HOEIJENBOS, Ameide († 2001)
• Beene Lommesz Roelinga, Kortezwaag, opsterland.fr.nld († 1981)
• Albert Santing, Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
• Albert Lodewijk Robberecht, Rupelmonde († 1976)

• Adriana Cornelisse (69), St Laurens
• Adeline Hyneman Ezekiel (72), Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Wagenaar (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Doelman (15)
• Ambrosius Bruines (38), Aarlanderveen
• Alice Ann Lomas (36), Norfolk County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Willemina Witjes (61), Angerlo, Nederland
• Anna Maria Klaessens (83), Wanssum
• Carolina Anschel (78), Meerssen
• Albert Welink (60), Beerzerveld

• 1913 » Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author († 2010)
• 1913 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1913 » Hammond Innes, English journalist and author († 1998)
• 1914 » Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist († 1999)
• 1914 » Birabongse Bhanudej, Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the Thai royal family († 1985)
• 1914 » Howard Vernon, Swiss-French actor († 1996)
• 1915 » Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic († 2010)
• 1915 » Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer († 2007)
• 1916 » Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat († 2005)
• 1917 » Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic († 2015)

• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)

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 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.
• 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 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on July 15, 1915 was between 10.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.