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• Annette van Dyken, Manhattan (Gallatin), Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Adriaan Scholte, Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Luijten, Zevenbergen (Nl) († 1997)
• Amalia Albertina (Lydia) Deigton, Tegal, Java, Indonesië († 1945)
• Aijolt Kloosterboer, Heiligerlee (gem. Oldamt) († 2015)
• Adriana van Diggelen, 's-Gravenhage († 1946)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria de Kort, Loon op Zand († 1980)
• Amalia Albertina Deighton, Tegal, Nederlands-Indië († 1945)
• Adriana Johanna van Bergen Henegouwen, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adrianus VISBEEN, Melissant, ZH, Nederland († 2002)

• Antonie de Vos (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Jane (Crow) Groh (53), Green, Douglas County, Oregon
• Adriaan Willemsen (91), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetje van Heijst (2), Mierlo
• Arie de Koning (69), Zoeterwoude
• Ambroisine Angelique DORVAL (85), Utrecht (Utrecht) (NL)
• Antoon Ferdinand Maria Van Os (0), ·Äôs-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Willemsen (91), Zundert
• Antoon Ferdinand Maria van Os (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Barbara Scheffer (80), Schiedam

• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)
• 1912 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1913 » Dominique Rolin, Belgian author († 2012)
• 1913 » Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1914 » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat († 2010)
• 1914 » Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet († 1993)
• 1917 » George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1917 » Jean-Louis Curtis, French author († 1995)
• 1919 » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2001)
• 1920 » Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic († 2004)

• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)

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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on May 22, 1915 was between 13.2 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.