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• Mulder († 2001)
• Anna Maria Adriana van Asten, Tilburg († 1952)
• Alida Maria van der Geer, Voorhout († 1977)
• Arthur Kenneth Gawley († 1997)
• Antonia Johanna van Mil, Rossum (GL) († 2001)
• Antonius Hendrikus Tuijtelaars, Baarle-Nassau, Nederland († 1999)
• Anton Hendrik Kattouw, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Armand Honoré De Zutter, Maldegem († 1992)
• Albert French Simpson, Aberdeen (Z.A.) († 2007)
• Augustina Arnoldina SEGERS, Grauw,,PAYS BAS († 1972)

• Antonij Van Oosterbos (89), Etten-Leur
• Antonius Franciscus Johannes Lourens (27), Elst
• Anton Hendrik Neijssel, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Hubertina Villain (0), Kerkrade (L
• Arendje Zeeman (81), Monster
• Alexandre LAHURTE (28), Vauquois (FRA)
• Aaltje Breukelman (0), Heemse
• Alida van Graven (54), Haarlemmermeer,Haarlemmermeer,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Alida van Grave (54), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Maria Mengelers (0), Hoensbroek

• 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)

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 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

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.