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• Adolf Jacobus Meijer, Alkemade († 1987)
• Alice Flora Lillibridge, Marne, Michigan († 1988)
• Alberdina (Dien) Pieters Heere, Castricum († 1995)
• Alida Wilhelmina van der Wiel († 2007)
• Albert John Botha, Johannesburg (Z-A)
• Baas, Ellewoutsdijk († 1915)
• Albertus Maximilianus Vandermeer, Vlissingen
• Alice Leota Cordes, Stout, Grundy County, Iowa
• Alida Maria Rozier, Leiden
• Adrianus van den Beukel, Monster († 1990)

• Albert Jan Runneboom (85), Deventer
• Antje Sjoukes Hiemstra (50), Tietjerksteradeel
• Arthur Milton Wells (66), Derby, Dorset Council, Tasmania, Australia
• Adriana Maria de Greef (36), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Martens Scheer (53), Steggerda
• Antoon Lastdrager (48), Newcastle (Engeland)
• Akke Veltman (54), Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Aleida van Elferen (59), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Deijkers (50), Standdaarbuiten
• Antje Sjoukes Hiemstra (50), Oostermeer, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1909 » Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier († 2011)
• 1911 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright († 1966)
• 1911 » Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Fritz Fischer, German physician († 2003)
• 1913 » Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 2007)
• 1914 » Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician († 2015)
• 1916 » Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist († 2011)
• 1917 » Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host († 1981)
• 1917 » Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet († 2007)
• 1919 » Donald Pleasence, English actor († 1995)

• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)

• 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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).

The temperature on October 5, 1915 was between 6.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.