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• Allen Groen, South Dakota († 1991)
• Albert Meijers, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Alle J. Attema († 1982)
• Alfons Sauwens, Ulbeek, België († 1981)
• Adolphe Joseph Marcel VAN PEBORGH († 2001)
• Abraham in den Bosch, Zierikzee († 2005)
• Agnes Ahlers, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Annie B. van der Perk († 1994)
• Anthonius Gijsbertus Griffioen, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Bastiaan van Oudheusden, Puttershoek († 2001)

• Meijer, Leeuwen
• Anatole Léon Joseph HAMEAU (32), Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus,51600,Marne,Champagne-Ardenne,FRANCE
• Derk Brouwer (74), Ede
• Adriana Francina van der Mijle (46), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Cornelia Burggraaf (75), Lekkerkerk
• Antonia Maria Cruijsen (47), Beugen en Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baby Boy Lanting (0), Riverside Township, Missaukee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Timmermans (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Christina Schut (75), Arnhem
• Anna Elisabeth van 't Hull (31), Rotterdam

• 1912 » Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1913 » Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer († 1985)
• 1914 » Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer († 2002)
• 1915 » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress († 2007)
• 1915 » Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist († 2007)
• 1915 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal († 1983)
• 1916 » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general († 1997)
• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• 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 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.

The temperature on October 6, 1915 was between 5.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.