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• Antje van der Meer, 's Gravenzande († 2001)
• Aleida Maria Cornelia Suelmann, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1975)
• Alida Maria Pirovano, Velsen († 2006)
• Anne Elzinga, Kollumerland c.a († 1982)
• A Elliott McDermid, Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho († 1979)
• Anna Gall, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Robben, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1915)
• Antonius Cornelis Kuijs, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Amalia Bernharda Maria Rohenkohl, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2014)
• Alexander "Sandy" Cowan, Glasglow, Lanarckshire, Scotland († 1969)

• Arbogast Leopold Graaf van Thun-Hohenstein (36), Merano, Trentino-Zuidtirol
• Albertus Kaptein (18), Heythuysen
• Aleda Catharina hulshof (41), rotterdam
• Adriaan Tabak (72), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antoon Muntjewerff (0), Beverwijk
• Aleida Catharina Hulshof (41), Rotterdam
• Antonius Gijsbertus van der Vlist (0)
• August Lüert (24), Gotha
• Anna Maria Catharina Bugel Van Steenbergen (55)
• Ariaantje Broere (73), Lekkerkerk

• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

The temperature on February 23, 1915 was between -2.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.