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• Antonius Mesken, Deventer
• Anna Gertrudis Smeets, Schinnen († 1976)
• Adrianus Hendricus van Eekelen, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Josepha Maria Schellart, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1916)
• Antoon van der Grijn, Lopik, Nederland
• Alida Gezina Rebergen († 1994)
• Albert Albrecht - Jozef VANHULLE
• Adrianus Johannes Snoeren, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Alberdina Egberta Oosterkamp, Olst, Wesepe († 1986)
• Antonetta Theresia Maria van Gestel, Tilburg († 1915)

• Alle Deelstra (68), Zevenhuizen, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Wegen van der (0), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Christiaan van Rabenswaaij (51), Ede
• Anna Helena VOS (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alle Deelstra (68), Zevenhuizen gem. Leek
• van de Weerd (0), Rhenen
• Barbara Joanna van der Velden (41), Wommelgem (B)
• Aaltje Hulshof (32), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, NL
• Adrianus Hendrikus Antonius Geffen van (1), Ammerzoden
• Boon (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)

• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)

• 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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on August 16, 1915 was between 8.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.