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• Baron Karl of Hövel, Gem"unden († 1981)
• Berthe DEJARDIN († 1992)
• Anna Elisabeth Wetzels, Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Bastiaan Jannis de Koster, Breskens, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1993)
• Albert Joris Meersschaut, Munte
• Adrianus Petrus Brandenburg, 's Gravenhage
• Bartha Benjamins, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1990)
• Anna Helena Antoinette Ubachs, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Betje Blik, ·Äòs-Gravenhage († 1943)
• Adrianus Bogers, Bergen op Zoom († 2008)

• Adrianus Kleijssen (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Struik (74), Groningen
• Adriana Hamelink (9), Terneuzen
• Kuijper (0), Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Hoop (69), (UT) Lopik
• Abraham Filippo (81), Oegstgeest
• Anthonia Johanna Meijer (56), Utrecht
• "Damase" Dalpé Pariseau (74), Montmagny, Québec, Canada
• Aafje Jacobsd Bos (80), Echten, lemsterland.fr.nld
• Adriana Roemeijer (68), Rotterdam (ZH NL)

• 1910 » Hayden Rorke, American actor († 1987)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)
• 1911 » Jack Keller, American hurdler († 1978)
• 1915 » Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer († 1967)
• 1918 » Augusta Dabney, American actress († 2008)
• 1918 » James Daly, American actor († 1978)
• 1918 » Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre († 1997)
• 1919 » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic († 1992)
• 1920 » Bob Montana, American illustrator († 1975)
• 1920 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic († 1998)

• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)

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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• 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 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on October 23, 1915 was between -0.8 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.