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• Albertine GORISSEN, Mechelen-aan-de-Maas,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2008)
• Alberta Gerda Betty Hammink, Almelo († 2001)
• Albert Jozef Bonneu, Wimmertingen, België († 1993)
• , Veenendaal († 1999)
• Adriana DULLEMOND, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alfred Shingler #2256*10, Aston, Warwickshire, England († 1916)
• Andries Gouw († 1944)
• Alexander Hubertus Kunkels, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1968)
• Albrecht Leopold Karel Cocquyt, Brugge, WVL, B († 1915)
• Anna Gerharda Nekkers, Zutphen

• Albertje Hinkema (80), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertjen Franzen Hinkema (80), Noordwolde (Weststellingwerf)
• Anna Noé (53)
• Alida Johanna Oosterveen (10)
• Aagje Kieft (70), Krommenie,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Joan van Steijn (63), Rheden
• Antonius Hendrikus Koolen, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Pierens (66), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Amalia Kundsen Bang (34), Grace Township, Chippewa, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Smid (44)

• 1912 » Arthur Berger, American composer and educator († 2003)
• 1914 » Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island († 2000)
• 1914 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1914 » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)
• 1915 » Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer († 1993)
• 1915 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist († 2006)
• 1915 » Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1916 » Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress († 2014)
• 1918 » Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter († 2015)
• 1918 » Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2008)

• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• 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 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.