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• Cornelia Boer († 1919)
• Cornelius Martin Stob, Roseland, MN († 1992)
• Antje van Noord, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2008)
• Bastiaan Marinus Zijerveld, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1989)
• Albertus Jacobusen Kwakman, Vollenhove († 1992)
• Cornelis Johannes Mesman, Ouder Amstel († 2003)
• ANTJE PIEPER, PUTTEN († 2007)
• Clyde H Jacob Junior, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Bertha Boer, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Antoine Louis Henri Delwiche, Sint-Truiden, België († 1945)

• Adriana Klokgieter (0), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Fanning Anderson (48)
• Berendina Johanna Willemsen (63), Hengelo
• Anthony Brummelkamp (80), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anthony Brummelkamp (80)
• Aline Victoire HANARTE (69), Bon-Secours,7603,Hainaut,Wallonne,BELGIQUE
• Berthe Mouren (26), Oakland, Alameda, California
• Antonia Catrina Johanna FLAMMAN (88), Dordrecht
• Angenis Hendrikje LIEFTINK (60), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Bessems, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland

• 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)
• 1919 » George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize († 2011)
• 1919 » Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports († 2012)
• 1920 » Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach († 1990)
• 1920 » John O'Connor, American cardinal († 2000)
• 1920 » Steve Gromek, American baseball player († 2002)
• 1921 » Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2007)

• 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)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
• May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
• June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
• July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 15, 1919 was between 7.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.