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• Louwers, Hapert
• Antoine (Antoon) Maes, Jesseren, België († 2012)
• Adriaan de vreugd, ´s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anthoon Lute, Castricum († 1981)
• Antonius Alphonsus Jacobus Snijders Blok, Amsterdam († 1921)
• Antonius Henderikus Brak, (NH) Amsterdam († 1987)
• Angelyn ROSE, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Antje de Vries, Westellingwerf († 2006)
• - Boelhouwers, Rotterdam, Z-H, NL († 1920)
• Adriana Cornelia Coné, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1972)

• Afke Oudeboon (2), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella de Graaff (77), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Albert van Zanten (64)
• Alberte de Ségur (84)
• Aart van Plateringen (2), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje van den Ende (23), Naaldwijk
• Albertje Teijen (74), Stobben (Vlagtwedde)
• Antonia Hendrika de Leeuw (34)
• Anna Luchien van der Wolde (61), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexandra Elisabeth Adelheid van Egloffstein (75), Dresden, Saksen

• 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)
• 1921 » Frank Thornton, English actor († 2013)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on January 15, 1920 was between 0.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.