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• Adrianus Liza Kieboom, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1996)
• Ada Lee Anderson (Beene, Columbia, Arkansas († 2001)
• Anna Elisabeth Kox, Strijp († 1988)
• Agatha de Boer, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Albertus Pronk, Scheveningen († 2010)
• Alida Catharina Eradus, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Alida Catharina (Alie) Eradus, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Alida Jansje Plasmeijer, De Kwakel, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Albertus Kuijer, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Liza Kieboom, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)

• Ariaantje Broere (73), Lekkerkerk
• Tjemmes (0), Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arie CHERET (0), Dordrecht
• Adriana Wd van Haeringen (12), Avereest
• "Neeltje Barendregt (23), Maasland (Midden Delftland) ZH/NLD
• Adrianus van Gaalen (80), Rijswijk
• Adolphe DEDECKER (34), Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus, 51368, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Adrianus Petrus Ludovicus Fouchier (0), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Wilhelmina Vierwind (5), Lengel (Bergh)
• alida jantje de jonge (4), lisse

• 1912 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War († 2006)
• 1912 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author († 1994)
• 1913 » Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1914 » John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host († 1991)
• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
• 1918 » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat († 2009)
• 1919 » James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot († 1974)
• 1920 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi († 2014)
• 1921 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler († 1992)
• 1923 » Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon († 2014)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
• 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 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on February 20, 1915 was between -0.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.