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• Anna Maria van Ingen, Amsterdam
• Annie Lowik, Mariaporochie(Almelo) († 2006)
• Balthazar Johannes VORSTER, Jamestown, Oost-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika († 1983)
• Albert Christiaan Kruithof, Lutten († 1917)
• Balthazer Johannes Vorster, Jamestown, oost-kaap.zaf († 1983)
• Antonia Eikemans, Rozendorf Duitsland († 1987)
• Arlene Emelie Eichelkraut, New Glarus, Green, Wisconsin, United States († 2009)
• Antoinette Emke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Antonius Franciscus Maria (Ton) Kerstens, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland († 1993)
• Berend Boeve († 1990)

• Amandus Muylle (82), Eernegem, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Benjamin Pettersen (78), Winona Co., Minnesota
• Adriana Frijters (72)
• Anna Cornelia Colpa (89), Leiden
• Agatha Cornelia Daemen (Geerts) (33), Zundert, Nederland
• Annigje Gritter (83), Kerkenveld
• Amand VEREECKE (80), Koekelare Belgie
• Aaltje Koopman (0), Hoogeveen nederland
• Anna Maria Tersteeg (71), Bemmel
• Alpheus Richardson (84)

• 1911 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter († 1972)
• 1911 » Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1912 » Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player († 1989)
• 1913 » Arnold Brown, English-Canadian missionary, 11th General of The Salvation Army († 2002)
• 1914 » Alan Bullock, English historian and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Larry Noble, English comedian and actor († 1993)
• 1915 » B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa († 1983)
• 1916 » Archie Moore, American boxer († 1998)
• 1916 » Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1918 » Bill Vukovich, Serbian-American race car driver († 1955)

• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 1924 » Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1931 » Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)

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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

The temperature on December 13, 1915 was between -0.2 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.