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• Alfred Kahn, Eschwege, Kassel, Hessen (DLD) († 1976)
• Adriana 't Hart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Achiel Reintjens, Antwerpen (België)
• Adriana Floor, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1895)
• Aaltien Nijsingh, Anholt (Ruinen)
• Alida Magdalena Barneveld, Linschoten, Montfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana van der Perk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• (Stillbirth) WEGTER, Aduard
• Adrianus Johannes Quaronimus van Doorn, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nl
• Adrianus Johannes Schalkwijk, Kamerik († 1959)

• Cornelia Tijssen (83), Batenburg
• christina van es (73), moordrecht
• Adrianus Storm (76), Vlaardingen
• Cornelia PRONK (79), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Nijhof (57), Erichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan (Arie) Beets (71), Purmerend
• Albert Oosterveen (0), De Krim (Gramsbergen Ov)
• Daniel Jacob Guequierre (46), Terneuzen
• Charles Henry "Harry" Eberhart (50)
• Clasina Does (0), Hilversum, Nederland

• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)
• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean Étienne Valluy, French general († 1970)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
• October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
• November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

The temperature on May 15, 1895 was about 12.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.