About the day » Saturday January 15, 1916Calender converter

• Alexander Slok, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Albert Zwols, Noordbarge, Emmen († 1982)
• Aaron Kofman († 1983)
• Adriana Willemijntje Kos, BUSSUM († 1980)
• Alice Van Hauwaert, Ardooie, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1916)
• Agatha Tibboel, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 2007)
• Adelina Maria Marcellina Fioole, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1934)
• Alphons Marcel de Waal, Valkenswaard († 1916)
• Albert JACOBS, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2013)
• Petrus Nicolaas Wilhelmus van Unen, Amsterdam († 1996)

• Mulder (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie van Dijk (53), Sliedrecht
• Albert Schrik (65), Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Noe Soucie (55), St Anne, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
• Aagte Tonjes Hüls (91), Simonswolde, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Anthonie van Dijk (53), Sliedrecht
• * Johanna Maria Manders (72), Bakel
• Albert Berends Schrik (65), Valthermond
• Adrianus Lemmen (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Joanna Canisia Rief (19), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1913 » Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant († 1963)
• 1913 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter († 2002)
• 1913 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• 1913 » Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1914 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic († 2003)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)
• 1917 » K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian († 1994)
• 1918 » Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal († 2007)
• 1918 » Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt († 1970)
• 1918 » João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil († 1999)

• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)

• 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.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

The temperature on January 15, 1916 was between 2.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.