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• Hendrik Jans Doornkamp, Oude Schans, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Edna Ruth Edvardsen Ramskjell, Ramskjel, Beiarn, Nordland, Norge († 2004)
• Dorothy Jeanette Zylstra († 2021)
• Christine Jacoba Louise Gustanine van Oosterzee, Batavia († 1994)
• Casper VROLIJK, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Franciscus Henricus Martinus Schiks, Reek († 1947)
• Francisca Veenhuizen, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Christiane Godelieve Maria De Sadeleer, Mere († 1978)
• Harry van Straten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Franz Pichler († 1966)

• "John" Jöns Erickson (78), Fort Bridger, Uinta County, Wyoming, United States
• Cornelis Blom- (73), Westwoud, Nederland
• Apollonia van de Kasteel (79), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apollonia Henriëtta Maria Daverveldt (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus SCHOL Jzn (58), Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antonius Klerks (29), Drunen
• Brand Evers (53), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Caroline Huck (67), Baden-Oos (D)
• Berend Veendijk (63), Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kol (76), 's-Gravenhage

• 1929 » Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2008)
• 1930 » Georges Descrières, French actor († 2013)
• 1930 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
• 1931 » Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant
• 1931 » Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1933 » David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director († 2016)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer († 1995)
• 1933 » Roy Clark, American musician and television personality († 2018)
• 1935 » Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer († 2008)
• 1936 » Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist

• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Antonius
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

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

• 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
• January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• February 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
• February 17 » Newsweek magazine is first published.
• March 15 » Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship.
• March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
• July 22 » Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.

The temperature on April 15, 1933 was between -1.9 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.