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• van der Peet, Limmen († 2009)
• Anna Secunda Clara Blommaert, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert Hubert Jozef (Al) Bruls, Heerlen († 1977)
• Carolus Jansen, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1918)
• A....... Engberts, Opsterland († 1992)
• Alfred Carpathian Hannah, Gateshead, Durham, England († 1992)
• Albertje Doek, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)
• Antonius Petrus Tempelaars, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1938)
• Albert Rudolf Krul, Batavia (Ned. Indië) († 1996)
• Annechien Strating, Odoorn († 1990)

• Adriana Trieller (47), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna Maria Gertrudis van den Broek (41), Blerick
• Aasel Edrikka Johansdatter (77), Nygård, Gildeskål, Nordland, Norge
• Alida den Outer (21), Rotterdam
• Aart Appelboom (42), Ermelo
• Anna Margaretha Auer (77), Frankenmuth, Saginaw, Michigan (USA)
• Aart Appelboom (42), Ermelo
• Aaltje Lieuwes Haarsma (82), Losser
• Aagje Graveland (24), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Wilhelmina Grootaverla (69), Haarlem

• 1911 » Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1912 » Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician († 2001)
• 1912 » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1913 » Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic († 2012)
• 1913 » Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier († 1943)
• 1913 » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author († 2004)
• 1916 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager († 2002)
• 1916 » Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge († 2013)
• 1917 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor († 2001)
• 1918 » Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist († 2008)

• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)

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.
• March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• 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.
• May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on April 27, 1915 was between 6.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.