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• Adriana Cornelia Maria Versteijnen, Tilburg († 1946)
• Aaltje van Heugten, Alkmaar († 2000)
• Alvin L. TRUAX, Allegan Allegan County Michigan U.S.A († 2002)
• Adrian Heys, Grand Rapids, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Aaltien Post, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2008)
• Eelke Wiersma, Groningen († 1914)
• Agnes Hendrika Epskamp, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1914)
• Albert jacobus Gruijs, Zaandam († 1944)
• Andries Kats, Vlissingen, Nederland († 1968)
• Aagtje Klaasdr Bak, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 1988)

• Adriaan Klapwijk (0)
• Aaltje Baas (77), Giethoorn
• Anna Maria Vriens (0), Haaren
• Anna Maria van Noort * (35), Steenwijk
• Anna Huberta Ader- (65), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Noort (35), Steenwijk
• Anna Maria Doumen (59), Opoeteren
• Antoon Piksen (0), Rijssen (Zuna, OV)
• Alphonsus Bosmans (0), Herenthout, België
• Petrus Berende (0), Oosterhout

• 1913 » Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player († 1991)
• 1913 » Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor († 2008)
• 1913 » Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot († 1994)
• 1913 » John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General († 1988)
• 1914 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Creighton Abrams, American general († 1974)
• 1914 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author († 1970)
• 1914 » Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator († 2003)
• 1915 » Al Casey, American guitarist and composer († 2005)
• 1915 » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author († 1981)

• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)

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

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

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
• August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on September 15, 1914 was between 9.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.