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• Alida van der Kreeft, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Adriaantje Mout, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Alida (Ada) van der Kreeft, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• André Simon Poldermans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Jacbus (Arie) Buijck, Lisse († 1996)
• Alida van Velzen, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Hollands († 1915)
• Alphonsus Jacobus Buijck, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• * Levenloos kind (1) van Maanen, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL († 1915)
• Anna Vegelin, Opeinde († 1916)
• Abraham Jacob van Dommelen, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)

• Anna Maria van Bokhoven (1), Vlijmen
• Aagje Geerts Leeuw (1), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Aaltje van de Stouwe (67), Enschede
• Agnes Maria Antonia van Amstel (58), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Brant (77), Arnhem
• Barendina Jacobs Nagtegaal (77), Leiden
• Annetje BAKKER (59), Krommenie, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Paula Maria ROBERT (65), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaffien Smidt (83), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldina Willems (76), Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• 1912 » Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager († 2009)
• 1913 » Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter († 1960)
• 1913 » Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association († 2007)
• 1915 » Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player († 2003)
• 1915 » Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge († 1985)
• 1915 » W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1916 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland († 1979)
• 1916 » David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1918 » Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist († 2008)
• 1918 » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)

• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)

• 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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 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.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on January 23, 1915 was between -1.6 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.