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• Antonius Cornelis Koolen, Tilburg
• Anita THIJN, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1995)
• Daanen († 1997)
• Anna Jacoba van der Welle, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 2014)
• Albert Vanhex, Zonhoven († 1997)
• Adam van Arkel, Rotterdam († 1915)
• Albertus Alphonsus Philomenus van Ginteren, Borgerhout, België († 1918)
• Alexandrina Ottolina Schut, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Alexandrina Ottelina Schut, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Antonius Wilhelmus (Toon) # Verberne, Lierop († 1992)

• Antonie Nap (20), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Stijlaart (0), Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Steen (1), Sint Oedenrode
• Alexander STCHERBATOV (33), St. Petersburg Russia
• Antonius Gerardus Franciscus Jansen (2), Valburg
• Batholomeus Van der Griendt (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aalbertje 't Hoofd (80), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Arthur Van den Neste (32), Gasainville France
• Albert Hermanus Alphonsus Maria Pessers (0), Tilburg
• Adriana Nieuwesteeg (1), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist († 1975)
• 1912 » Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman († 1979)
• 1912 » Jehan Buhan, French fencer († 1999)
• 1913 » Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist († 2005)
• 1913 » Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo († 1969)
• 1913 » Ruth Smith, Faroese artist († 1958)
• 1914 » Felice Borel, Italian footballer († 1993)
• 1916 » Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer († 2003)
• 1917 » Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Robert Bloch, American author († 1994)

• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
• 1918 » George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish-Jewish writer and translator (b. 1853)
• 1923 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)
• 1924 » Victor Hensen, German zoologist (b. 1835)

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 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

The temperature on April 5, 1915 was between 5.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.