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• Agnes K Shetler, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Albert Nauta, Kollumerzwaag (Friesland) († 2006)
• * Johannes (Jan) van Meeteren, Schiedam († 2000)
• Adrianus van de Laar, Middelbeers († 1981)
• Akke Alberts Ploeg, Roden († 1993)
• Adrianus Hemels, Alkmaar
• Andries van der Wolf, Utrecht
• Adriana Petronella Loose, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1999)
• Aaltje Schollaart, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Akke Ploeg, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)

• Arij Boezaard (61), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bengt Persson (66), Huvudstorp, Dagstorp (M), Skåne, Sverige
• Cornelia Christina Aalbersberg (74), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia GROEN (72), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Catharina Sophia Langelaan (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia Johanna Sluit (79), Gildehaus
• Antje Klaasdr Slooves (71), Winkel
• Charles, Louis Cooremans (66), Lebbeke
• Anna Burkhart (69), Furth bei Deisenhofen, Gemeinde Oberhaching
• Arij Boesaard (61), Katwijk

• 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)

• 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

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.