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• Albert de Ridder, Waalenburg (Texel), Nederland († 1991)
• Aaltje Koelewijn († 2010)
• Albert Houbrechts, Guigoven, België († 2001)
• Agnes Augusta (Agnes) van den Bosch, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Andries Holtrigter († 1943)
• Aloysius Maria Hubertus Corbeij, Malang (Nederlands Indië) († 1977)
• , Udenhout, NB, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Elisabeth (Ans) Klinkenberg, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Baron, Gorredijk († 1986)
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Pols, Vlaardingen († 1915)

• Abraham Jans Bergsma (79), Hoornsterzwaag
• Alida Kok (66), Amsterdam
• Altheda C. Corbin (82), Clark County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Arend ten Kate (26), Avereest, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Boers (70), Loosduinen
• Barend Erkelens (58), Buitenzorg (Ned. Indië)
• Anthonia Oostrum (73), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verberkt (72), Posterholt
• Bruce Gould (26), Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
• Catharina Feith (0), Utrecht

• 1912 » Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG († 1985)
• 1912 » Karl Adam, German rowing coaches († 1976)
• 1912 » Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator († 2005)
• 1912 » Nigel Patrick, English actor and director († 1981)
• 1913 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Pietro Frua, Italian coachbuilder and car designer († 1983)
• 1915 » Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1915 » Peggy Mount, English actress († 2001)
• 1917 » Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
• 1917 » Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam († 2002)

• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)

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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
• February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
• March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on May 2, 1915 was between 1.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.