About the day » Saturday January 16, 1915Calender converter

• Aaltje Wijma, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Elisabeth Somers, Kerkrade († 1915)
• Anne Kramer, Norg, Nederland († 1989)
• Alegonda Gerarda Jacobs, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adrianus Leonardus van der Poel, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Achiel Camiel Delacourt, Westkapelle († 1997)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Josephina Meijer, Bladel en Netersel († 1990)
• Anke Poot, Schipluiden († 1915)
• "kind van mannelijk" Ras, Velsen († 1915)
• Anna Maria Vriens, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)

• Augustus Vandecandelaere (50), Staden,8840,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Maria Stephanie Poelmans (40), Zepperen, België
• Albert Burchard de Joncheere (82), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Burchard de Joncheere (82), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna de Jonge (89), West Sayville, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Zeylmaker (35), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Amalia Heil (70), Soerabaja (N.O.I.)
• Aafkeliena Nienhuis (47), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Fleer * (68), Steenwijk
• Amelia Francisca Vercauteren (78), Meerdonk

• 1911 » Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer († 1979)
• 1914 » Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator († 1992)
• 1915 » Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1916 » Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2004)
• 1916 » Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician († 1996)
• 1917 » Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. († 2008)
• 1918 » Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager († 2009)
• 1918 » Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane († 2007)
• 1918 » Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator († 2005)
• 1918 » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)

• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (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.
• March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• 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 January 16, 1915 was between 4.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 21.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.