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• Adrie Knoop, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Maria Brinkers, Denekamp († 1960)
• Bertus Nijman, Hardenberg († 1994)
• Bonnie Wade Perry Mitchell, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Adriana Geertruida Daams († 1996)
• Celius Leonardus van den Brul, Hilversum, Nederland († 1976)
• Anna Christina Hubertina Keeren, Tegelen († 2005)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van der Haven, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1915)
• Albert Vercauteren, Temse († 1998)
• Aloïs Jean Baptiste Wils, Roosendaal, Nederland († 1939)

• Cornelia van den Heuvel (0), Helmond
• Charles Houghton (25), France and Flanders
• Bernardus van Schalkwijk (54), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Janna Jansen (0), Oudelande (Borsele), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Maartensz Oomen (66), Assendelft NH NL
• Catharina Josephina Keuninkx (1), Oisterwijk
• Berdina Thijssen (0), Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland
• Abram BREEN Pzn (9), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Berdina Thijssen (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Allen (20), Turkey

• 1911 » William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide († 1982)
• 1912 » Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1912 » Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach († 1985)
• 1912 » Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1913 » Fred Davis, English snooker player († 1998)
• 1913 » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus († 1977)
• 1914 » Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic († 1996)
• 1917 » Sid Gordon, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1918 » Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1918 » Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2006)

• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)

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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• 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.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on August 13, 1915 was between 10.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 28.6 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.