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• Adrianus Johannes Snoeren, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Arie Barth, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Antonetta Theresia Maria van Gestel, Tilburg († 1915)
• Beekhuis, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Johanna Franken, Ginneken en Bavel
• Antonia Borgstijn, Culemborg († 2006)
• Bernyce L . Vere Roderick, Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States († 1966)
• Nijpels, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Gaal, Schaijk († 1971)
• Albert Vangertruyden, Bilzen († 1988)

• Andrew Macdonald (69)
• Casper Hendrik Jansen (57), Rotterdam
• Alfons Van Beeck (37)
• Arij GROENEVELD (86), Dubbeldam
• van de Weerd (0), Rhenen
• Alfred G Todd (36), San Jacinto Battle Ground, Harris County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alle Deelstra (68), Zevenhuizen gem. Leek
• Adriana ROS (0), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Aaltje Hulshof (32), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, NL
• Adrianus Hendrikus Antonius Geffen van (1), Ammerzoden

• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)

• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)

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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 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.
• August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

The temperature on August 16, 1915 was between 8.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.