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• Augusta Struyf, Bierbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 1994)
• Anthonia Pannekoek, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Bastiaan de Jong, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Anneke Huntelerslag, Wageningen († 2007)
• Anna Wuite († 2001)
• Berendina Tijssen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anna Adriana Blom († 2008)
• Anje Wieringa, Zijldijk,'t Zandt, Groningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Maria Ludovica van Britsom, Temse († 2015)
• Anno Smid, Leeuwarden († 1997)

• Annigje (Annegje) Gaiken (Gaikens) (79), Blijham
• Adriana Maria van Maren (3), Alem
• Albert Edd Stringer * (26)
• * Krijntje de Wit (28), Giessendam
• Anje Hijlkema (63), Groningen
• Anna Maria van de Kar (72), Oudenbosch
• Adrianus Bongers (46), Streefkerk
• * Teunis Baars (5), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Albertus Steenweg (67), Loosduinen
• Aafje ten Wolde (20), Zaandam, Nederland

• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)
• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)
• 1916 » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor († 1983)
• 1918 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1918 » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic († 1987)
• 1919 » Lawrence Tierney, American actor († 2002)
• 1920 » E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1921 » Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer († 2011)
• 1922 » Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter († 1978)

• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
• October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on March 15, 1918 was between -1.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.