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• Berendina Willemina Nielsen, Delft
• Agatha Alida Hoonhout, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Albert George Simons, Barmouth GB, United Kingdom († 1981)
• Albertha Klok, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Antonia de Kroon, Made en Drimmelen (gemeente) († 1970)
• Anna Maria Baak, Markvelde, Diepenheim, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2009)
• Muijs, Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Timmer, Gasteren, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Aarts, Etten en Leur
• Abraham Roelse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 2004)

• Adriaan Sont (1), Zaandam
• Clazina Theodora Straathof (32), Noordwijk
• Christina Petronella van de Lest (15), Gennep, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Bremer (66), Het Schut (Hoogeveen)
• Adriana Groffen (82), Bergen op Zoom
• Clasina Theodora Straathof (32), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Jungbluth (70), Vaals
• Barthelomeus Dekkers (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Petronella van de Lest (15), Gennep Limburg Nederland
• Catharina Alida Kaart (66), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
• 1910 » Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist († 2007)
• 1911 » Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant († 2000)
• 1913 » Alan Ladd, American actor and producer († 1964)
• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)
• 1915 » Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer († 2014)
• 1915 » Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1988)
• 1916 » Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1999)
• 1918 » Helen Wagner, American actress († 2010)
• 1919 » Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer († 2014)

• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)

• 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 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on September 3, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.