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• Barbera Adriaantje van Dam, Woerden († 1994)
• Aart Van De Glind, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltina Cornelia De Vries, Oldekerk,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthony Frank NEHIB († 1982)
• Amelia Gerardina (Mae) VAN HEERDT TOT EVERSBERG, Bloemendaal Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2011)
• Quax, Haarlem
• Artie Van Den Berg, Marion County († 1989)
• Alice Rosalina Codrington († 1996)
• Arnoldus Henricus Adrianus Aarts, Alphen en Riel († 1940)
• Allegonda Maria Antonis, Valkenswaard († 1915)

• ARIE STORM (17), MONSTER
• van Iersel (39), Loon op Zand
• Aleida Samulina Schols (71), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van de Zande (72), Zierikzee
• Anna Kluter (0), Beerta
• Anna Elisabeth Laurillard (86), Ginneken
• Alphonse Jules Joseph LEMAN (45), Paris, 75056, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
• 2nd Lt. Martin Frederick Heath-Caldwell RHA (21), Belgium. killed in WWI
• Abraham Onvlee (93), Leiden
• Aletta van Leeuwen (80), Ede Gld

• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1913 » Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland († 1991)
• 1913 » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player († 1987)
• 1914 » Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1915 » Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1916 » Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel († 2009)
• 1917 » Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot († 2015)
• 1917 » James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1917 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer († 1986)
• 1918 » Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager († 2000)

• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)

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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• 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.
• March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• 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.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The average temperature on May 16, 1915 was 8.0 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.