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• Belia de Haas († 1942)
• Antonius Maria van Dijk, Oirschot († 1987)
• Afina Dijkstra, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobs van Manen, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Abraham Naaktgeboren, Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland) († 1970)
• Adriana Johanna Bijlo, Grisee, N.I († 2000)
• Aaltje van Essen († 1995)
• * Anna Cornelia (Annie) Vos, Wijk en Aalburg († 1998)
• Adriaantje Versluis, Langerak († 1984)
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Velden, Dongen († 2001)

• Adrianus Schellings (75), Dinther, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hamelink (1), Middelburg (Middelburg), Zeeland, Nederland
• den Hollander (0), Oudenbosch
• Anna de Ruijter (51), Vrijenban, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Walker (83), Nelson, New Zealand
• Anna Kos (75), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Hoeben, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Meester (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Aneshansley (85), Fairfield Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Kos (75), Wognum, NH. NL

• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)
• 1920 » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence († 1996)
• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)

• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

The temperature on January 4, 1915 was between 1.8 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.