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• Antonius Neelen, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Catharina Goedbloedt, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1916)
• Aaltje Deurholt, Hoogezand († 2002)
• Alva Steele, Eldora, IA († 1989)
• Clifford George BRASIER († 2003)
• Adriana Johanna Groeneveld, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1915)
• Charles Hendrikus Aloisius van den Heuvel, Oisterwijk († 1915)
• Anna Funke, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Bertha Bron, BORBECK-Dld († 1983)
• Alberta BRON, Borbeck (Duitsland)

• Arent van Splunter (0), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrina Noorland (48), Groot Ammers Zhl. Nederland
• Anna Maria Vanhommerig (0), Bocholtz
• Anna Wilhelmina OVER (32), Alkmaar
• Adriana VAN OOSTERUM (85), Haaften
• Adriaan NEDERLOF (85), Sliedrecht
• Catharina Elisabeth Petronella Godefroy (70), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anton Clifford van Romondt (62), St. Maarten
• Augustinus Saenen (81), Zichem
• Adriana Francisca Hendrikx (66), Baarle Hertog

• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)
• 1920 » Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior († 2010)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on January 31, 1915 was between -0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.