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• Anna Helena Manning, Horsten gem. Onstwedde
• Alice Haynes Meyer [O Bu], Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma († 2005)
• Adriana Theadora Niesing, Muiden († 2008)
• Adrianus Cornelis Antonius de Volder, Goirle († 1989)
• Alida Exalto, Koog aan de Zaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Antonius de Volder, Goirle († 1989)
• Albertus Franciscus Remi Heeren, Alken, België († 1991)
• Affra Johanna Boots, Amsterdam († 1991)
• Albertha (Bertha) Koster, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus Witte, Harlingen († 1998)

• Koster (0), Heeg
• Antonia Bekx (46), Deurne en Liessel
• Aart de Bruijn (62), Lekkerkerk, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bos (72), Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zwiggelte
• agnes simons (44), maasbree
• Annigje Pekel (31), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Bugel (46), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Leonardus van den Broek (69), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Maria Pauwels (61), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Groot, de (0), Rotterdam

• 1910 » Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist († 2018)
• 1911 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1913 » Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic († 1993)
• 1915 » Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer († 1990)
• 1916 » Phil Leeds, American actor († 1998)
• 1916 » Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author († 1987)
• 1917 » Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author († 2011)
• 1918 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia († 1982)
• 1919 » Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture († 1998)
• 1920 » Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun († 2009)

• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)

• 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.

The temperature on April 6, 1915 was between 3.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.