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• Catharina Klazien Cornelia Brokken, Nieuwelaan, Veendam,, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Albertje Bergman, Havelte († 2006)
• ALBERTUS JOANNES CAELDRIES, EKSAARDE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1991)
• Albert Louage, Ledegem († 1989)
• Adriana Hendrika Wilhelmina Linnebank, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Alidus Christiaan Meerstadt, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1915)
• Aalbert Herman du Moulin, Zutphen († 1964)
• Auguste Lodewijk Albert (Albert) VROONEN, Hasselt (B) († 1981)
• Albertus Joannes Dimphna Spruyt, Geel, België († 1917)

• Anna Talits (45), Újbarok,Fejér,Ungarn,2066,H
• Anna Catharina van Vugt (72), Gilze en Rijen
• Anthonius Josephus Loerakker (64), Heemstede
• Bastiaantje Visser (39), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• * Johanna Bernardina Boere (4), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, NL
• Alfred Christiaan Smith (1), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Ann OLDHAM (59), Queensland, Australia
• Antje Jans van der Gugten (37), Haarlemmermeer
• Andries Jan Jacob SCHREURS (90), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Zon (0), Utrecht

• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)
• 1917 » Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2005)
• 1920 » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2005)
• 1920 » Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor († 2001)
• 1920 » Jean Daniel, Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author († 2020)
• 1921 » James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author († 2000)
• 1921 » John Horsley, English actor († 2014)
• 1921 » Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma († 2020)

• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)

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.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 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.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on July 21, 1915 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.