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• Adriaan van der Spek, Den Haag († 2003)
• Anna Leonora Deuning († 1982)
• Alexandre Noguès, Monaco,, Monaco († 1999)
• Afra Margaretha Schipper, Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Alexandre-Athenase Noghès, Monaco († 1999)
• Antonius Lips, Klundert († 1916)
• Andries Jans Knoppien, Onstwedde († 1994)
• Adriana Johanna Borg, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Wijnandus Deltenre († 1916)
• Andries Jan Knoppien, Musselkanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Charlotta Gustafsson (83)
• Albert Cornelis Antema (30), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Kind (81), Delft
• Adolf Spijkman (3), Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham VAN DER WAAL (63), Sommelsdijk, ZH, Nederland
• Abraham Eikenhorst (47), Harderwijk
• Anna Felicita (Anny) Spencer Elce (19), Amersfoort
• Abraham van Eikenhorst (47), Harderwijk
• Anna van den Broeck (79), Breda
• Antje Kindt (81), Delft

• 1914 » Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist († 1999)
• 1914 » Yuri Andropov, Russian politician († 1984)
• 1915 » Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator († 2018)
• 1915 » Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)
• 1916 » Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1916 » Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2016)
• 1916 » Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1917 » John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1917 » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer († 1996)
• 1917 » Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter († 2005)

• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)

• 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.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

The temperature on June 15, 1916 was between 8.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.