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• Antje van der Slik, Stad aan 't Haringvliet († 1916)
• Adriaantje Doves, Hippolytushoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Fredrikze († 1995)
• Annie Wilhelmina Dekkers, Nederland († 2001)
• A.P. de Reuver († 2007)
• Anna Margrethe Kobberø, Roskilde Domsogn, Roskilde, Denmark († 1995)
• Aaltje Geertje van den Bogerd, Zuidlichem († 1993)
• Anna R Reiter, Greenwood Township, Kossuth, Iowa, United States († 1955)
• Antonius Johannes Smulders, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Alvin Theodore Hans, Ledyard, Kossuth County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Albert van't Klaphek (68), Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolphina Henriette Alexandrine Putman Cramer (61), Velp
• Aaltje Kuilderd (76), Giethoorn
• Aaltje Jans Kuildert (76), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Casteleijn (73), Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aagje de Bruin (79), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Aaltje Heerding (27), Amsterdam
• Adriana Zeestraten (77)
• Aaltje Jans Kuilderd (76), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Adriana Scheepers (88), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » George Mikes, Jewish Hungarian-English journalist and author († 1987)
• 1913 » Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player († 1997)
• 1914 » Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1914 » Kevin McCarthy, Jewish-Irish American actor († 2010)
• 1916 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress († 1999)
• 1918 » Allan Arbus, Jewish-American actor and photographer († 2013)
• 1918 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1919 » Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1920 » Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player († 2010)
• 1920 » Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1997)

• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on February 15, 1916 was between -0.1 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.