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• Alyda Lillian Groote, Grundy County, Iowa († 1993)
• Alje Renger Dijkema, Godlinze, Groningen, Netherlands († 2018)
• Albert Gerrit Bokma, Brummen
• Adelin Ghislain LALOUX, Namur, 92094, Namur, Belgique († 1980)
• Agnes Ruitenberg († 1996)
• Albert VAN COEVORDEN, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1954)
• Abraham Stolk, Rotterdam Z.H
• Albert van Coevorden, Koln, Germany († 1954)
• Alje Renger Dijkema, Godlinze († 2018)
• Adrianus Joannes Kienhuis, amsterdam, Nederland

• Anna Maria Lagaaij (62), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Platteeuw (69), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Catherine Latapie, Cuzac, Francia
• Aaltje Van Rheenen (78), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adam Pieter Langenberg (75), Loosduinen
• Charles Louis Goddeeris (23), Montegnée, België
• Albert D. Duryea (77), Verenigde Statn
• Aaltje Oppersma (18), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustus (Rt Hon Rev)(Bishop of Lichfield) LEGGE (73)
• Catharina Maria Jacoba Heijboer (30), Haarlem

• 1909 » Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová, Czech painter († 1986)
• 1912 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1912 » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Jack Fairman, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)
• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)
• 1916 » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor († 1983)
• 1918 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1918 » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic († 1987)

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

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

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

• 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.
• 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 6.1 million citizens.
• March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
• March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

The temperature on March 15, 1913 was between 3.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.