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• Adriana Johanna Knieriem, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Anna Catharina Schrier, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Albertje Kruize († 1973)
• Abraham Parmentier, Leiden († 1990)
• Aaltje Schuuring, Hilversum († 2006)
• Anna Krawinckel, Maaseik
• Alice Tuitman, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Ada Martina Roeleveld, Weltevreden, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie († 2008)
• Andrew Buwalda, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Anna Maria Geerts, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)

• Boonstra (0), Groningen
• Antje Ruiter (61), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adrianus STAM (48), dubbeldam
• Albertus Philippus Hagens (35), Eibergen,Gemeente Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Akkerman (0), Emmen
• Austin Berkley Wells (85), Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States
• Aaltje Hendriks Wapstra (77), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Albert Sein (54), Noord Eschmarke
• Bartholomeus Mattheus Rutten (77), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hettes Douma (62), Hallum

• 1910 » Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot († 1982)
• 1912 » Arline Judge, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

• 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

The temperature on February 21, 1915 was between -0.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.