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• Marianus Maat, Hardenberg († 1945)
• Peter Lambertus Hubertus van Montfort, Schaesberg,, Nederland († 2018)
• Rox Thompson, Coronada, San Diego Co, California, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Mieke van de Hoef, Veenenaal, Nederland († 2014)
• Pieter Jellema, Birdaard, Ferwerderadiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Jan Rune Isaksen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway († 2005)
• Willem Koedood, Barendrecht († 1992)
• NN Stoker, Tynaarlo (Vries) († 1942)
• N.N. (levenloos) Verhoeven, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham Koster, Rotterdam-Pernis († 2019)

• Diderieka Johanna Meertens (63), Kruiningen
• Johanna Derks (0), Deurne en Liessel
• Antje Catharina Versloot (83), Woerden
• Adrianus Grootenboer (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Martina Gianotten (81), Nijmegen
• Antonia Faber (74), Wagenborgen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Padgett (63), Alabama, United States
• Anna Catharina Gilles (90), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Catharina Versloot (83), Woerden, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Versluis (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
• 1941 » Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop († 2017)
• 1942 » Kenneth Lay, American businessman († 2006)
• 1942 » Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
• 1942 » Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1943 » Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot († 2006)
• 1943 » Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic
• 1943 » Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician

• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
• August 24 » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USSEnterprise is heavily damaged.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
• November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
• November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.

The temperature on April 15, 1942 was between 1.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.