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• Augustinus Albert Steenssens, Bornem († 1980)
• Augustinus Albertus STEENSSENS, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1980)
• Adriaantje Bos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Antimus Aries Mulder, Wetsinge († 1976)
• Christoffel KREDIET, Teluk Dalam North Sumatra Indonesia († 1975)
• Arlene HARN, Akron, Summit, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Christoffel Krediet, Telok-Dalam, Indonesië († 1975)
• Christianus J. Duijvestijn, Monster († 1984)
• Albertus Leon Allaert, Oostende († 1980)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Galesloot, Beverwijk († 1988)

• Catharina Amalia Pfennigkaüfer Vrouwe van Meyernberg (85), Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Beieren
• Bartha Taekema (4), Velsen
• Annigje Barte Manschot (86), Gouderak, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Brand Visscher (79), Elburg
• Cornelis van der Aa (55), Oosterhout
• Aalbert Meurs (60), Nijmegen
• Bertie LYON, Honeycombe, Maukau, New Zealand
• Bernard Vije (41), Enschede
• Cornelia Kersten, Hatert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Strooper (1), Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1909 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2000)
• 1911 » Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)
• 1914 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator († 2006)
• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer († 2007)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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.
• March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 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 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.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

The temperature on May 31, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.