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• Afke Kerkstra († 1979)
• Adolf Victor Hendrik (Dolf) Wallenburg, Semarang, Java, Indonesia († 1998)
• Afke Girbesz Kerkstra, Echten († 1979)
• Aaron van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenhage († 1943)
• Adriaan Kerkhof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Anna Geertruida Jacoba Henriette Bartels, Nijmegen († 2010)
• Alma Marie Louise Blondeel, Eede († 2003)
• Anne-Marie Zoe Prosper Josephe Ghislaine (Anne-Marie) DE LAMINNE DE BEX, Brussel (B) († 1940)
• Anna Helena Schouteden, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1922)
• Anthonij Zandee, Rilland Bath († 2007)

• Aegidius Hubertus Nijpels (79), 's-Hertogenbosch, N-Br, NL
• Alberdina Roeper (62), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus van Moorsel (4), Helmond
• Carolus Janssens (67), Geel, België
• Arthur, Hendrik, Cyriel ALGOET (30), Tielt,8700,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Albert Jans Feenstra (52), Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Verhaal (69), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kamphuis (43), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• aart TIMMER S (86), Dubbeldam
• Arnold Joseph Nievelstein (42), Kerkrade (L

• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)
• 1914 » Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic († 1989)
• 1915 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1915 » Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2015)
• 1915 » John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher († 2001)
• 1916 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic († 1978)
• 1917 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat († 2005)

• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1922 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)

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.
• 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 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.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on January 6, 1915 was between 3.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.