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• Andree Molly NISOT, Liverpool, City and Borough of Liverpool, Lancashire, Verenigd Koninkrijk († 2006)
• André Florimont Mombert, Koekelare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2003)
• Antoinette Friezendorp, Hengelo († 2002)
• Adrianus Klaver, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Barend Gaarenstroom, amsterdam, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriaantje Doolaard Bax, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Augustinus Adrianus Rene Michielsen, Baarle-Nassau († 1980)
• Arisje Jacomina van den Born, Renkum (Gl) († 1916)
• Antonetta Antonia (Netje) van Vreede, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2012)
• Benedito Serafim, Cabo Verde, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1986)

• Antje Helena Scheepmaker (29), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Mol (32), Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Helsloot (84), Amsterdam
• Andries Barends (41)
• Anna Drent (86), Windeweer, gem. Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Achille Jean Degryse (34), st. Pol sur Mer,, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Kerkhof (100), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Gezina Schemkes (74), Kampen
• Arend Jan Hofstede (70), Boekelo
• Anthonie Hermanus de Lang (74), 's-Gravenhage

• 1910 » Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier († 1987)
• 1910 » Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1974)
• 1911 » Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian († 1998)
• 1913 » Memos Makris, Greek sculptor († 1993)
• 1915 » O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director († 2004)
• 1916 » Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician († 2002)
• 1917 » Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1917 » Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who († 1997)
• 1919 » Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1920 » Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor († 1997)

• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)

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 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.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on April 1, 1915 was between -4.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.