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• Radsma († 1895)
• Alida Catharina van Schie, Hof Van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1895)
• Albertus Marinus Verwer, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje van Woudenberg, Baarn († 1944)
• Agneta Petronella Johanna de Rochemont, 's Gravenhage († 1895)
• Adriana Maria Verstappen, Helmond
• Aaltje BATTJES, Siddeburen (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands († 1984)
• Aart Nicolaas Lambert Klinge, Rotterdam († 1968)
• Aartje Diepenhorst, Olive (Michigan), U.S.A
• Allebertus van de Kracht, Rheden († 1973)

• Allegonda Westerbeek (56), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida van der Wal (19), Amsterdam
• Alice Davis Bartle (27), Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Fransina Munstermann (69), Amsterdam
• Abraham Frans Goedegebuure (0), St. Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Lingen (79), Geldermalsen (GL)
• Akke Wybes van der Woude (75), Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Schmeitz (4), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Deckers (90), Huijbergen
• * Barendina Vroon (68), Leerbroek

• 1890 » Robert Ley, German politician († 1945)
• 1892 » James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense († 1949)
• 1892 » Roy Rene, Australian comedian († 1954)
• 1893 » Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player († 1967)
• 1896 » Arthur Shields, Irish republican and actor († 1970)
• 1897 » Gerrit Kleerekoper, Jewish-Dutch gymnast and coach († 1943)
• 1898 » Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1899 » Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress († 1985)
• 1899 » Georges Auric, French composer († 1983)
• 1904 » Mary Adshead, English painter († 1995)

• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)

• 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.
• January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
• May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• 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.
• November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

The temperature on February 15, 1895 was about -6.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.