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• Albert Van Baelen, Turnhout, België († 1989)
• Anna Louise (Anna) Smeijers († 2001)
• Albert Gregoor Joseph Bonneux, Stevoort, België († 2002)
• Albert Camille Degryse, Haillicourt, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Anna Louisa Cornelia Smeijers, Bladel en Netersel († 1990)
• Anthonie De Graaf, Dordrecht († 1990)
• Annie Mae Hodges***, Alabama († 2007)
• Adriaan van Diermen, Ede († 1932)
• Anna Maria J Verhagen, Goirle,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Cecillia Maria Zuiderhoek, Emmerich (D) († 1987)

• Adriene Julia JAQUES (Jacques) (0), Superior Douglas Wisconsin (USA)
• Aleida de Reus (87), Didam, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verburg (63), Goes
• Adrianus Meskers (71), Hillegom
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• Arend Smit (61), Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Berendina van den Born (1), Amersfoort
• Betje KAN (41), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Baren (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Bosland (0), Ter Aar (Aardam)

• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)
• 1917 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1976)
• 1917 » Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1917 » Walter Lord, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1918 » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)

• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)

• 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.
• 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 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.

The temperature on October 8, 1915 was between 3.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.