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• Anna Maria Fikke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Albert Nieuwenhuis, Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Anna Louise Pleijte, Buitenzorg († 2002)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria van Oijen, Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1972)
• Arie van Eijk, Spijkenisse († 1920)
• (2) Frans James later Frank Catz, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2005)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria van Oijen, Den Haag († 1972)
• Aaltje van den Born, Huizen († 1919)
• Adryana Johanna van Brussel, De Bilt († 1954)
• Berend Veldhuis, Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1965)

• - Lassche (0), Emmen
• Aafje Koppedraijer (70), Grootebroek
• Anna Maria van Hulten (58), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adriana van Meel (0), Wouw
• Adriana Beljaars (48), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Maria Janssen (66), Elsloo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Akke Kornelis Reitsma (70), Holwerd
• Aalbert den Besten (79), Streefkerk
• Amelia Taylor (81), Bermondsey, Surrey, England
• Adolf Bugter (35), Arnhem

• 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)
• 1922 » John B. Anderson, Swedish-American lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1923 » Yelena Bonner, Jewish Soviet-Russian activist († 2011)

• 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)

• 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.
• March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
• May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
• May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
• December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on February 15, 1919 was between -0.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.