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• Franken, Loosduinen, 's-Gravenhage († 1932)
• , Harsewinkel, Preussen († 1991)
• Beatrice E Carloni, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States († 1987)
• Alberta Schuurkamp, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1944)
• Andries Braun, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Antonia Johanna Buckens, Willemstad († 2003)
• (Mickey} Minnie Kaplan, Pennsylvania († 1993)
• ALBERTUS RENATUS KERCKHOFS, GEEL OOSTERLO († 1919)
• Antonius Veringa, Klazienaveen († 1995)
• Alberta Schuurkamp, Elspeet († 1944)

• Antje Klazes Terpstra (85), Utingeradeel, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Beerend Mulder (70), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Maria Jansen (32), Harderwijk
• Arnold Barhorst (51), Covington, KY
• Aaldert Morsink (1), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Audis Bastin (15)
• Aaldert Morsink (1), Ruinen
• Anthonie Stork (72), WEESP (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Jansen (32), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaron L. Jones (78), York, Nebraska

• 1913 » Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician († 2017)
• 1914 » Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player († 1993)
• 1914 » Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal († 2010)
• 1915 » Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general († 2005)
• 1915 » Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general († 2019)
• 1916 » Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1917 » Faye Emerson, American actress († 1983)
• 1917 » J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer († 1999)
• 1917 » Pamela Brown, English actress († 1975)
• 1918 » Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2009)

• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)

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 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
• June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on July 8, 1915 was between 12.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.