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• Anna Hubertina Schepers, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1965)
• Anna Geertruida Minholts, Gaarkeuken (gem. Westerkwartier)
• Anna Hubertina Schepers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1965)
• Agatha Maria van den Idsert, Alkmaar († 1993)
• Aagje, Martijntje Oppelaar, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Andries van Steenbergen, Gameren († 1985)
• Adrian John Schapendonk, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Alida Maria Duijn, Laken, Brussel, België († 1955)
• Angelina Guaglianone, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albertje Timmerman, Hijken, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)

• Barbara Jansens (73), Zedelgem
• Catharina Duijnmeijer (11), Castricum
• Jilesen (0), Beugen en Rijkevoort, Nbr.NL
• Anna Cornelia van Scherpenzeel (18), Abcoude-Proosdij, Utrecht, Nederland
• Benedictus Nobels (52), Hooirt
• Arie BISSCHOP (62), Dordrecht
• Anna (Christina) op den Akker (36), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Adriaan Knijn (47), Wijdewormer, Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Huberts Winters (70), Oldendiever, gem. Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Brants Wybenga (66), Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1908 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 2003)
• 1909 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor († 1973)
• 1909 » Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer († 1939)
• 1912 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1996)
• 1913 » Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant († 1963)
• 1913 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter († 2002)
• 1913 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• 1913 » Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1914 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic († 2003)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)

• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
• October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on January 15, 1911 was between -8.8 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.