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• Adrianus van de Laar, Middelbeers († 1981)
• Adriana Petronella (Jeanne) Loose, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnes K Shetler, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Adriana Frijters, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 2003)
• Annchen Eugenie (Ann) Husel, Gronau, Dld († 2008)
• Abe Nauta, Kollumerzwaag († 2006)
• Aaltje Straalman, Markelo († 1996)
• Albertus Johannes Schippers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Paulina Cornelia van der Linde, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Alida Catharina Reilman, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1919)

• Cornelis Dirksz van Zanen (80), Assendelft NH NL
• Christiaan Verhoef (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Jonas Fresco (59), 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Avis (40), Haarlem
• Arij Boezaard (61), Katwijk
• Arij Boezaard (61), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wymer Sipkes Hiemstra (63), Idaarderadeel
• Ann Esther Owens (86), West Union, Oconee County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Adriana Catharina Hoogvliet (63), Waspik, North-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Christina Aalbersberg (74), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia († 1979)
• 1912 » Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist († 2009)
• 1912 » Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing († 2009)
• 1915 » Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 1985)
• 1915 » Jules Archer, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1918 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1918 » Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2005)
• 1918 » William Seawell, American general († 2005)
• 1919 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks († 1972)
• 1919 » Tom Addington, English captain († 2011)

• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)

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 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• 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.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

The temperature on January 27, 1915 was between -2.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.