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• Antje Gesina Maria Fust, zaandam († 1952)
• Aaltje (Alice) Verbrugge († 1999)
• Adriaan Marinus Boon, Den Helder (Den Helder), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Aaltje Duursma, Emmen († 1997)
• * Antonius Johannis Elberse, Jutphaas († 1995)
• Andries Johannes Bonne, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Bertha Johanna Spekhorst, Hengelo († 2005)
• Albertine OPDEWEEGH, Ellikom,3670,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2006)
• Annie Patricia Parry, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Royaume-Uni († 1997)
• Anje Wemmi, Noordbroek gemeente Menterwolde Groningen († 2004)

• Arnoldus Langerak (57), leiden
• Cornelia van Loon (69), Dongen
• Cornelis van de Velden (58), 's-Graveland
• Cornelis de RIDDER (77), Terheijden (N.Br. Nl)
• Alida van de Kamp (59), Zeist
• Antje Nijdam (76), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Spoor (76), Aalsmeer
• Antje Nijdam (76), Assen
• Anna K Rakers (19), Meppen
• Claudina Maria da Anunciação e Silva (92)

• 1911 » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1995)
• 1911 » Sonny Tufts, American actor († 1970)
• 1912 » Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher († 2019)
• 1912 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1915 » Barnard Hughes, American actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Elaine Barrie, American actress († 2003)
• 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
• 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)
• 1918 » Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player († 2009)
• 1919 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer († 1999)

• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)

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.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 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 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on July 16, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.