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• Alida Maria Wilhelmina Evers († 1974)
• , Netherlands († 1990)
• * Elisabeth Adriaansen, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Adriaantje Engeltje Niehof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Arie de Vries, Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland († 2002)
• Overal, Tzum († 1977)
• Albert Georges WULBRECHT, Izegem,8870,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1967)
• Bernard Arnoud van den Vlekkert, Epe (GL) († 1995)
• Barbara Hendrika Aarts, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Albertus Theodorus Coolen (Colen), Kinrooi (B) († 1938)

• Anna Maria Chriens (84)
• Catrinus Jans de Ham (65), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Goessens (0), Maastricht
• Arendje Scheurkogel (75), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Meijer (0), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje Loots (72), Venhuizen
• Sjoukjen Rinses Storm (77), Drogeham
• Antje Martens Koopmans (56), Ooststellingwerf
• Anna de Vries (44)
• Antonie van de Gender (76), Tilburg

• 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 » Joan Roberts, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician († 1979)
• 1917 » Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic († 2015)
• 1918 » Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2003)

• 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. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on July 15, 1916 was between 9.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.