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• Adrianus Leonardus van Vliet, Polsbroek
• Albert jacobus Gruijs, Zaandam († 1944)
• Aagje Vermeulen, Rotterdam († 1914)
• Adriana Pols, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Swinne, Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltien Post, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2008)
• Alfons Mortelmans, Boechout († 1998)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Doorn, Hilversum († 1981)
• Aalderk Jan Geertsema († 1961)
• Aagtje Bak, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland

• Aaltjen Geerlings (77), Brummen
• Alexander Samuel McCalla (48), Saint Catherine, Jamaica
• Antoon Piksen (0), Rijssen (Zuna, OV)
• Arent Tonko Menno Lutter (31), Dennenoord, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Reijnders (0), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Noort * (35), Steenwijk
• Nicolaas Verbij, Gouda
• Alphonsus Bosmans (0), Herenthout, België
• Akiva Lane (54), New York, NY, United States
• Simon 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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
• August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

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.