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• Anna Catharina Josephina Hermsen, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Alice Bradshaw, Virginia († 1993)
• Adriana Harthoorn, Baarsdop ('s-Heer Abtskerke), Zeeland, Nederland († 2016)
• André Deen, Bovenkarspel († 1997)
• Arie de Groot, Schoonhoven († 1999)
• Anna Maria Hoogewerf, Ursem († 2006)
• Antje Jonkers († 2002)
• Adriana Pieternella Wegen van der, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Berendina Versteeg, Den Haag,- († 1940)
• Alvira ( Elvira) Huizenga, Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Albert Eising (56)
• Antje van Ees (77), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Aaltje Belt (0), Ambt Ommen
• Auke Jans Postmus (81)
• Arij Bot (51), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Antje Visser (64), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Smidts (75), Surhuisterveen
• Augustus Josephus HOLLEVOET (60), Brugge
• Antonius Martinus Cornelius Gabriels (29), Rotterdam
• Anne Johannes Smidts (75), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1910 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic († 1972)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)
• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)
• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » James Tobin, American economist and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2017)
• 1918 » Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1920 » José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist († 2009)
• 1920 » Virginia Christine, American actress († 1996)

• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)

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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

The temperature on March 5, 1915 was between 7.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.