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• Anna Geertruida van Liere, Oost († 1987)
• Antje de Vreeze, Bakhuizen († 2017)
• Alina Francisca Vande Gaer, Tielt Brabant († 2009)
• Antonius Alphonsus Jacobus Snijders Blok, Amsterdam († 1921)
• Alina Francisca Vandegaer, Tielt, Tielt-Winge, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 2009)
• Adrianus Wagtmans, Etten-Leur († 1920)
• Alden Bieze, South Dakota († 1994)
• Antje de Vries, Westellingwerf († 2006)
• Adriaan de Koeijer, Nieuwdorp, Zeeland, Nederland († 2005)
• Angelyn ROSE, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Abraham Frits Zion (0), Eibergen (Berkelland)
• Anna Maria Jacoba Vaillant (79), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Berdina Hendrika Bunte (89), Driebergen
• Arie Dekker (72), Gouda, Nederland
• Anna Luchiena van der Wolde (61), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Andreas Otto van Heuven van Staereling (1), Bindjei
• Adriana Petronella Stoopen (1), Tilburg
• Albert van Zanten (64), Zwolle
• Afke Oudeboon (2), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Apelonia Gerardina Pleijte (35), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland

• 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. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
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.
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

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.