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• Anna Geertruida van Maurik, Waardenburg († 1988)
• Adrianus Antonius van Laarhoven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Arie Johannes Opdam, Zegwaart-Zuid-Holland-Nederland († 1962)
• Anna Johanna Witte, de hoeve "Bloemwijk" op Texel († 1923)
• Albert Adriaan van den Ouweland, Hoogstraten (België) († 1966)
• Alfons Eduard Albert (Albert) Smeets, Wimmertingen, België († 1989)
• Alijda van Korlaar, Amersfoort († 2002)
• Barbara Boro, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Agathe Alida Hillena Vinkers, Westerlee (gem. Oldambt) († 1915)
• Arend Pieter Scheper, Holwierde, Nederland († 1936)

• Adriaan DUBBELMAN (75), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arnoldus Dekkers (77), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Joannes Mulder (70), Chaam
• "kind van mannelijk" Zwartveld (0), Velsen
• Aaltje Pot (29), Slochteren
• - Lanting (0), Assen
• Barend Beket (58), Amsterdam
• Antonie Leonardus van Dijk (56), 's Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Janssen (72), Aalst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara van de Mierde (86), Oisterwijk

• 1907 » Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower († 1985)
• 1908 » Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer († 2003)
• 1910 » Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium († 2002)
• 1910 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient († 1980)
• 1914 » Alec Guinness, English actor († 2000)
• 1919 » Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier († 1981)
• 1920 » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant († 2004)
• 1920 » Jack Stokes, English animator and director († 2013)
• 1920 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1922 » John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State († 2015)

• 1891 » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)

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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.

The temperature on April 2, 1915 was between -3.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.