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• Adriana Maria Cornelis Luijkx, Roosendaal
• Alberta van Dijken, Zetten († 1984)
• Alida Kraakman, Egmond-Binnen
• Albertje Eding, Noordbarge, Emmen († 1976)
• Alice Ludovica Heyvaert, Baardegem († 1959)
• Adrianes Cornelis de Beer, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1989)
• Albert Fredrich Penning, Washington Township, Butler County, Iowa († 2005)
• Angelo G. NATRIGO, PATTON, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Agatha Maria van der Laan, 's-Gravenhage († 2002)
• Afra Karhof, Edam, Volendam-Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Adriana Maria Holtz (85), Leiden
• Arie Lamers (42), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Dobbe (74), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
• Anna Joanna Verhulst (6), Nunspeet (NL)
• Anne Mitchell (74), Clara, Kings, Ireland
• Adam Krijgsman (57), Krimpen aan de IJssel
• Adriana Wilhelmina Dobbe (74), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Johanna Luiten (0), Waddinxveen (Nl)
• Alfred Small WORCESTER (81), Columbia Washington County Maine U.S.A
• Annechien de Haan (0), Oude Pekela (Groningen)

• 1910 » Joan Bennett, American actress († 1990)
• 1910 » Peter De Vries, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1911 » Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder († 1991)
• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1913 » Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1913 » Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland († 1989)
• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)
• 1917 » John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury († 1993)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

• 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• 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.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.

The temperature on February 27, 1915 was between -1.3 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.