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• Catharina van Tongeren, Leiden († 1952)
• Antonius Johannes Berendsen, DIDAM († 1967)
• Adele Clara Spiero, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2023)
• Adrianus Bosschaart, Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL) († 1984)
• Alida Adriana de Jong, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Clifford L. Stevenson, Oklahoma ql († 2008)
• Aaltje Deurholt, Hoogezand († 2002)
• Albert Hulzebosch, Rheezerveen († 1998)
• Antonius Neelen, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Andrew Koning, Toornwerd (Middelstum) († 1997)

• Adrianus Brokken (0), Waalwijk
• Adriana Vorstenbosch (67), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Heerema (0), Leeuwarden
• Augustinus Saenen (81), Zichem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• Antonius Hendrikus van Gemert (26), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph Carl Anton Kessler (76), Blengow (Rerik), Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• * Dirksje Nederlof (83), Papendrecht
• Anna van der Valk (85), Zierikzee
• Anna Maria Vanhommerig (0), Bocholtz
• Adriaan Nederlof (85), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)
• 1920 » Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior († 2010)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• 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.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.

The temperature on January 31, 1915 was between -0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.