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• Antje Clasina Fokje Koorn, Haarlem († 1997)
• Antonia Groeneveld, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1983)
• Adrianus Johannes Koopman, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Hendrik Kattouw, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• "Odette" Lucie Henriette Solle, Paris († 2014)
• Anna Maria Sleeckx, Lier, Provincie Antwerpen († 2004)
• Adrianus Johannes Koopman, Assendelft NH NL
• Adriaan Looijsen, Aardenburg, ZL.NL († 1984)
• Adrianus van Oorschot, Made en Drimmelen († 1915)
• Abraham de Vries, Usquert († 1944)

• Annetje van Zoeren (54), Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Johannes Lourens (27), Elst
• Adriana Martina Maria Spoor (36), Venlo, Nederland
• Andreas Boelen (18), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Grave (54), Haarlemmermeer
• Antoinette Baudry, Paris, 75018, France
• Anna Maria Mengelers (0), Hoensbroek
• Annetje Zoeren van (54), Amersfoort
• Antonius Franciscus Johannes Lourens (27), Elst (Gelderland)
• Anne Russell (20), Toronto

• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)
• 1912 » Andre Norton, American author († 2005)
• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)
• 1916 » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor († 2002)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician († 2014)
• 1918 » William Bronk, American poet and academic († 1999)
• 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

• 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• 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 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on February 17, 1915 was between -1.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.