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• Adriana Francina Vuik, Capelle aan den IJssel († 2001)
• Albert Van Hauwermeiren († 1982)
• Adriana Elisabeth (overleden 4 maanden oud) Rigter, Bussum († 1916)
• Aart van der Kraats († 2000)
• Andries van Kessel, Geldermalsen († 1986)
• Abraham Arie de RIDDER, Koogerveld, Texel (N-H) († 1987)
• Adriaan van Campen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• , Larchwood, Lyon County, Iowa, 51241, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Brandelina van 't Net, Amersfoort († 2008)
• Dingeman van der Graaf, Zegwaert († 1916)

• Antje De Vries (23)
• Aaltje van der Zandt (0), Giethoorn
• Antonius Bakx (3), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Sipke de Jonge (0), Oranjedorp Emmen Drenthe
• Alida van Poppel (27), 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis de Vries (79), Groningen
• Albert Kässens (32), Rußland, Feldlazarett
• Christoffer TELKAMP (5), delfzijl
• Alphonsus Maria Josephus Houtman (58), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antje Jans de Vries (23)

• 1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
• 1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
• 1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)
• 1915 » David Dellinger, American activist († 2004)
• 1915 » Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile († 2005)
• 1915 » James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope († 2007)
• 1917 » John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2001)
• 1918 » Mary McGrory, American journalist and author († 2004)
• 1920 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)

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.
• 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.
• May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

The temperature on August 22, 1915 was between 6.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.