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• Albertje Dekker, Meppel († 1980)
• Andries Nijhuis, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Aart Kuijt, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1917)
• Alida Margaretha Wessels, Haarlemmermeer († 1938)
• Anthonius Johannes Boegheim, Gouda, Nederland († 1915)
• Albertus Carolus Brouwers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kuit, Eemnes († 1917)
• Albert Jan Hofmeijer, Arnhem (GL)
• Albertus van der Kwaak, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Peter Bruijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alberdina Arnolda Maria Crebolder meergenaamd Krijbolder (54), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Arnolda Maria Crebolder (54), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbe EGLOFF (81), Grosbliederstroff, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Anna Anny Rebekka Christensen (34), Helligkors, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Augustus Josephus Maria Van den Broeck (29), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Bastiaan Slob (56), Hoornaar
• Antonius Platenburg (78), Lith
• Abraham van Wijk (48), Brandwijk
• Beth Grether Fletcher (0)
• Adrianus Antonius Boeijen (10)

• 1910 » Lien Gisolf, Dutch high jumper († 1993)
• 1911 » Bob Steele (broadcaster), American radio personality († 2002)
• 1913 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality († 1982)
• 1913 » Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman († 2012)
• 1915 » Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator († 1989)
• 1918 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver († 1955)
• 1918 » Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1918 » Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor († 1988)
• 1919 » Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China († 2020)
• 1919 » William F. Quinn, American lawyer († 2006)

• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (b. 1870)
• 1934 » Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and academic (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and politician (b. 1887)

• 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• 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.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 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.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.

The temperature on July 13, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.