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• Angela Sophia (Paul J M Dijkman) Reintjes († 1989)
• Anna Cornelia Moor, Den Helder († 2010)
• Alberdina Elizabeth Gerretsen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnetha Maria de Graaf, Domburg († 2001)
• Arie Jan Hulsman, Loenen († 2005)
• Albertus Edmondus Peeters, Bornem, België († 1916)
• Agnes Clifford, Blackhill, Consett, Durham, England († 1963)
• Aagje van der WIEL, Sliedrecht († 1916)
• Alderik de Boer, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Agnes Cockrell, Mills, Harding, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten († 1999)

• Anje Westerhoff (78), Enzinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Schellekens, Dongen
• Anna Janssen (79), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Korthals (87), Oude-Tonge
• Albertus Wiebolt (79), Zeist
• Aleida Kraaikamp (29), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana KORTHALS (87), Oude-Tonge (Oostflakkee), NL-ZH
• Aloysius Pieters (55), Camblain Chatelain
• Albertus Wiebolt (79), Zeist
• Alexander Bothwell Case (61), USA

• 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)
• 1915 » Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1916 » Bill Leonard, American journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II († 1987)
• 1916 » Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist († 1974)
• 1917 » Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
• 1917 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer († 2006)
• 1917 » Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet († 1965)
• 1917 » Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer left-half and manager († 2005)
• 1918 » Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House († 2008)

• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)

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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• 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.
• June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on April 9, 1915 was between 4.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.