Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1915. This year saw 159 significant events. 15 notable figures were born. 2 notable figures passed away.
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
French forces attempt to drive the Germans back into the Champagne region during World War I, gaining a few hundred yards at the cost of 50,000 casualties
First military use of poison gas occurs when Germany uses chlorine gas against the Allies along the Western Front at Ypres, France in World War I [1]
The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe and, to the Turks, as the Arıburnu Battle, was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by...
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
Canadian diplomat Vincent Massey (28) weds Alice Parkin
American poet T. S. Eliot (26) weds British governess Vivienne Haigh-Wood (27) at Hampstead Register Office in London, England; formally separate in 1933
Cecil Chubb buys the prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donates it to the British nation
Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (33) divorces first wife Blanche Lasky after 5 years of marriage
Battle of Loos ends as German forces contain the British attack, resulting in 85,000 casualties
Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant in Detroit
ANZAC forces begin their withdrawal from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
Journalist Benito Mussolini marries Rachele Guidi in Treviglio Lombardy
28th US President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before marries second wife Edith Bolling Galt, a descendant of native American Pocahontas
Biologist Alexander Fleming (34) weds Sara McElroy
First elected Jewish US governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
World War I: Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm approves strategic bombing of Britain, but forbids bombing London, fearing his relatives in the royal family might be killed
Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated in San Francisco
Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash
US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote
Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800
Japan claims economic control of China
Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia
Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
SMS Helgoland, the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy.
Transcontinental telephone service officially inaugurated as Alexander Graham Bell in NYC calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco, California during the Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York (now Citibank) convinced U.S.
1st US ship lost in WW I, William P. Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
German submarine attack on Le Havre
The raid on the Suez Canal, also known as actions on the Suez Canal, took place between 26 January and 4 February 1915 when a German-led Ottoman force advanced from southern Palestine to attack the...
Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi State Penitentiary
First wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received
The Race to the Sea (French: Course à la mer; German: Wettlauf zum Meer, Dutch: Race naar de Zee) took place from 17 September to 19 October 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the...
MLB baseball slugger Frank "Home Run" Baker (28) announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
On 25 August 1915, the Allied forces officially declared a blockade of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (World's Fair) opens in San Francisco
Russian 20th Army corps surrenders to the German 10th Army after being surrounded
Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
Nevada reduces residency requirement for divorces from 1 year to 6 months
Malancourt, Argonne 1st (German) flamethrower
British vice admiral Sackville Hamilton Carden begins bombardment of Dardanelles forts
World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France.
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) off the Old...
Brooklyn Robins manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substitutes a grapefruit
German cruiser Dresden scuttled off Más a Tierra, Chile, having been pursued by the Royal Navy after the Battle of the Falkland Islands, with her engines worn out and virtually no coal
Carl Laemmle was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B.
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
The Dardanelles ( DAR-də-NELZ; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, lit. 'Strait of Çanakkale'; Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, romanized: Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli...
Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
Zion Mule Corp formed by the British Army
1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Barney Stanley scores 5 goals as Vancouver Millionaires beat Ottawa Senators, 12-3 for a 3-0 sweep of first non-challenge series; Vancouver first PCHA champions
Germany protests vigorously to the US, claiming it must insist that Britain lifts its blockade and assert American neutrality
French begin Woëvre-offensive
Castbergian Child Laws adopted in Norway - one of the first laws in the world to protect the welfare of extra-martial children [1]
A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the...
French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Leaders of the Armenian community in Constantinople (now Istanbul) are arrested by Ottoman authorities, and many later killed, marking the start of the Armenian Genocide
Italy secretly signs the "Treaty of London" with Britain, France and Russia, bringing Italy into World War I on the Allied side
Bronx, New York City; Old Fordham Road renamed Landing Road
The Triple Alliance was a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I.
German U-20 captures and sinks Britsih schooner Earl of Lathom
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.
Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
US Secretary of State Bryan sends a note to Germany demanding that Germany disavow the attacks on the Lusitania and make immediate reparations; however, the note is written only to 'pacify exited public opinion', according to Bryan
Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, only mountain other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.
Austro-German forces recapture Przemysl, a crucial city in southeastern Poland, and the entire Russian front begins to collapse
Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage
92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
The foundation of the British Women's Institute
MLB Chicago Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers at home, in longest relief job ever
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning...
Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law
The N Broadway Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.
Italians launch the first of what will become 11 battles to dislodge the Austrians from the Isonzo River, which keeps the Italians from Trieste
Germany suppresses "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace
Fort Yukon (Gwichyaa Zheh in Gwichʼin) is a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle.
Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
Erich Muenter, an instructor in German at Cornell University, explodes a bomb in the US Senate reception room
After exploding a bomb in US Senate reception room previous day, Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations
A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15
The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika, ) was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961.
German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was captured by the Western Allies during World War I.
German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium,...
The Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in...
WWI: Second Battle of Isonzo begins with Kingdom of Italy offensive against Austria-Hungary, ends 2-1/2 weeks later with over 91,000 combined casualties
Dutch accidents at sea law enforced
Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, killing 852 people
The Latin American Conference convenes in Washington, with representatives from leading South American nations joining the US to discuss conditions in Mexico
The British land more troops at Suvla Bay on the northern shore of Gallipoli in an effort to break the stalemate on the peninsula during WWI
Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins the first Champ Car race to average over 100 mph at a 100-mile race in Chicago with an average speed of 101.8 mph
The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military...
William Somerset Maugham ( MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
British transport Royal Edward is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,000
Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim is convicted of murder in Georgia
The 1915 Kansas City Packers finished in 4th place the Federal League, 5½ games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.
A mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia, after his death sentence for the murder of a 13-year-old girl is commuted to life
Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
British liner "SS Arabic" is sunk by a German submarine without warning while leaving Liverpool for New York, killing 44 and creating a diplomatic incident
Chicago White Sox acquire "Shoeless" Joe Jackson from Cleveland for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500; Jackson becomes involved in the "Black Sox Scandal" in 1919
The Italian front (Italian: Fronte italiano; German: Südwestfront) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I.
Tsar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army
German troops overrun Brest-Litovsk, Russia
Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
Jerome Travers establishes a US Amateur Golf Championship record by downing George Crump, 14 & 13, in a 1st-round match at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
The Zimmerwald Conference, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of three international conferences convened by anti-militarist socialists in response to the...
Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) who appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children.
Association of Negro Life and History is founded in the US (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History is formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others and is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico.
Battle of Loos commences and lasts until 14th October; chlorine gas deployed by the British is blown back into their own trenches, resulting in 59,000 British and 26,000 German casualties
Battle of Kut-el-Amara: British defeat Ottomans in Mesopotamia
British Army conquers Chilli al Imara, Mesopotamia
Red Sox clinch AL pennant by defeating Detroit
7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley, Nevada
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa...
Allies land troops at the northern Greek city of Salonika; Greece is nominally neutral but permits the landing
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).
Bulgarian anti-Serbian offensive begins
The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 14 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until 30 September 1918, when the Armistice of...
The Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in...
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
NAA was a major radio facility located at 701 Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. It was operated by the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1941.
James Milton Turner (1840 – November 1, 1915) was an American political leader, activist, educator, and diplomat during the Reconstruction era.
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095-acre (3,276 ha) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km)...
Ashtabula ( ASH-tə-BYU-lə) is the most populous city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on to Lake Erie, 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Cleveland.
1st military flight in Dutch East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) off the Old...
Britain annexes Gilbert & Ellice archipelago in the Western Pacific
On the Tigris River in Mesopotamia, the Battle of Ctesiphon between Allied and Turkish forces enters its second day
The Italian Campaign of Albania (in Italian: Campagna Italiana di Albania), took place between 1916 and 1918 in the territory of Albania, as part of the wider events of the Balkans theatre of World...
Santa Catalina Island, often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
St John Ervine's "John Ferguson" premieres at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington, DC
Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre LH was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916.
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen...
The Junkers J 1, nicknamed the Blechesel (Tin Donkey or Sheet Metal Donkey), was an experimental monoplane aircraft developed by Junkers. It was the first all-metal aircraft in the world.
Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record until 2006)
Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati; Federal Baseball League dissolves
US Iron and Steel workers begin a 3-week strike in Ohio for an eight-hour-day; they are successful as the US needs steel for armaments
James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician.
Cromarty Harbour, Scotland - British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
Thomas Merton trappist monk, known for american trappist monk, was born on 1915-01-31. Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M.
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, known for american physicist, was born on 1915-02-05. Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Aung San, Burmese independence activist, known for burmese independence activist, was born on 1915-02-13. Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary.
Billie Holiday, American musician, known for american jazz singer, was born on 1915-04-07. Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer.
Anthony Quinn, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1915-04-21. Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican and…
Orson Welles, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1915-05-06. George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker.
Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician, known for israeli military leader and politician, was born on 1915-05-20. Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician.
Saul Bellow, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1915-06-10. Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer.
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress, known for swedish actress, was born on 1915-08-29. Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress.
Augusto Pinochet is born
Frank Sinatra, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1915-12-12. Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Edith Piaf, French musician, known for french singer, was born on 1915-12-19. Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist best…
Harry Morgan, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1915-04-10. Harry Morgan was an American actor whose television and film career spanned six decades.
Yitzhak Shamir is born
Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, was born on 1915-11-20.
Armand Peugeot, French industrialist, known for french industrialist, died on 1915-02-04.
Ellen G. White dies
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
French forces attempt to drive the Germans back into the Champagne region during World War I, gaining a few hundred yards at the cost of 50,000 casualties
First military use of poison gas occurs when Germany uses chlorine gas against the Allies along the Western Front at Ypres, France in World War I [1]
The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe and, to the Turks, as the Arıburnu Battle, was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by...
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
Canadian diplomat Vincent Massey (28) weds Alice Parkin
American poet T. S. Eliot (26) weds British governess Vivienne Haigh-Wood (27) at Hampstead Register Office in London, England; formally separate in 1933
Cecil Chubb buys the prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donates it to the British nation
Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (33) divorces first wife Blanche Lasky after 5 years of marriage
Battle of Loos ends as German forces contain the British attack, resulting in 85,000 casualties
Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant in Detroit
ANZAC forces begin their withdrawal from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
Journalist Benito Mussolini marries Rachele Guidi in Treviglio Lombardy
28th US President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before marries second wife Edith Bolling Galt, a descendant of native American Pocahontas
Biologist Alexander Fleming (34) weds Sara McElroy
First elected Jewish US governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
World War I: Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm approves strategic bombing of Britain, but forbids bombing London, fearing his relatives in the royal family might be killed
Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated in San Francisco
Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash
US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote
Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800
Japan claims economic control of China
Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia
Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
SMS Helgoland, the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy.
Transcontinental telephone service officially inaugurated as Alexander Graham Bell in NYC calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco, California during the Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York (now Citibank) convinced U.S.
1st US ship lost in WW I, William P. Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
German submarine attack on Le Havre
The raid on the Suez Canal, also known as actions on the Suez Canal, took place between 26 January and 4 February 1915 when a German-led Ottoman force advanced from southern Palestine to attack the...
Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi State Penitentiary
First wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received
The Race to the Sea (French: Course à la mer; German: Wettlauf zum Meer, Dutch: Race naar de Zee) took place from 17 September to 19 October 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the...
MLB baseball slugger Frank "Home Run" Baker (28) announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
On 25 August 1915, the Allied forces officially declared a blockade of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (World's Fair) opens in San Francisco
Russian 20th Army corps surrenders to the German 10th Army after being surrounded
Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
Nevada reduces residency requirement for divorces from 1 year to 6 months
Malancourt, Argonne 1st (German) flamethrower
British vice admiral Sackville Hamilton Carden begins bombardment of Dardanelles forts
World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France.
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) off the Old...
Brooklyn Robins manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substitutes a grapefruit
German cruiser Dresden scuttled off Más a Tierra, Chile, having been pursued by the Royal Navy after the Battle of the Falkland Islands, with her engines worn out and virtually no coal
Carl Laemmle was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B.
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
The Dardanelles ( DAR-də-NELZ; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, lit. 'Strait of Çanakkale'; Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, romanized: Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli...
Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
Zion Mule Corp formed by the British Army
1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Barney Stanley scores 5 goals as Vancouver Millionaires beat Ottawa Senators, 12-3 for a 3-0 sweep of first non-challenge series; Vancouver first PCHA champions
Germany protests vigorously to the US, claiming it must insist that Britain lifts its blockade and assert American neutrality
French begin Woëvre-offensive
Castbergian Child Laws adopted in Norway - one of the first laws in the world to protect the welfare of extra-martial children [1]
A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the...
French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Leaders of the Armenian community in Constantinople (now Istanbul) are arrested by Ottoman authorities, and many later killed, marking the start of the Armenian Genocide
Italy secretly signs the "Treaty of London" with Britain, France and Russia, bringing Italy into World War I on the Allied side
Bronx, New York City; Old Fordham Road renamed Landing Road
The Triple Alliance was a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I.
German U-20 captures and sinks Britsih schooner Earl of Lathom
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.
Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
US Secretary of State Bryan sends a note to Germany demanding that Germany disavow the attacks on the Lusitania and make immediate reparations; however, the note is written only to 'pacify exited public opinion', according to Bryan
Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, only mountain other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.
Austro-German forces recapture Przemysl, a crucial city in southeastern Poland, and the entire Russian front begins to collapse
Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage
92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
The foundation of the British Women's Institute
MLB Chicago Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers at home, in longest relief job ever
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning...
Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law
The N Broadway Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.
Italians launch the first of what will become 11 battles to dislodge the Austrians from the Isonzo River, which keeps the Italians from Trieste
Germany suppresses "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace
Fort Yukon (Gwichyaa Zheh in Gwichʼin) is a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle.
Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
Erich Muenter, an instructor in German at Cornell University, explodes a bomb in the US Senate reception room
After exploding a bomb in US Senate reception room previous day, Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations
A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15
The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika, ) was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961.
German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was captured by the Western Allies during World War I.
German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium,...
The Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in...
WWI: Second Battle of Isonzo begins with Kingdom of Italy offensive against Austria-Hungary, ends 2-1/2 weeks later with over 91,000 combined casualties
Dutch accidents at sea law enforced
Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, killing 852 people
The Latin American Conference convenes in Washington, with representatives from leading South American nations joining the US to discuss conditions in Mexico
The British land more troops at Suvla Bay on the northern shore of Gallipoli in an effort to break the stalemate on the peninsula during WWI
Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins the first Champ Car race to average over 100 mph at a 100-mile race in Chicago with an average speed of 101.8 mph
The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military...
William Somerset Maugham ( MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
British transport Royal Edward is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,000
Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim is convicted of murder in Georgia
The 1915 Kansas City Packers finished in 4th place the Federal League, 5½ games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.
A mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia, after his death sentence for the murder of a 13-year-old girl is commuted to life
Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
British liner "SS Arabic" is sunk by a German submarine without warning while leaving Liverpool for New York, killing 44 and creating a diplomatic incident
Chicago White Sox acquire "Shoeless" Joe Jackson from Cleveland for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500; Jackson becomes involved in the "Black Sox Scandal" in 1919
The Italian front (Italian: Fronte italiano; German: Südwestfront) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I.
Tsar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army
German troops overrun Brest-Litovsk, Russia
Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
Jerome Travers establishes a US Amateur Golf Championship record by downing George Crump, 14 & 13, in a 1st-round match at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
The Zimmerwald Conference, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of three international conferences convened by anti-militarist socialists in response to the...
Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) who appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children.
Association of Negro Life and History is founded in the US (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History is formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others and is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico.
Battle of Loos commences and lasts until 14th October; chlorine gas deployed by the British is blown back into their own trenches, resulting in 59,000 British and 26,000 German casualties
Battle of Kut-el-Amara: British defeat Ottomans in Mesopotamia
British Army conquers Chilli al Imara, Mesopotamia
Red Sox clinch AL pennant by defeating Detroit
7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley, Nevada
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa...
Allies land troops at the northern Greek city of Salonika; Greece is nominally neutral but permits the landing
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).
Bulgarian anti-Serbian offensive begins
The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 14 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until 30 September 1918, when the Armistice of...
The Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in...
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
NAA was a major radio facility located at 701 Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. It was operated by the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1941.
James Milton Turner (1840 – November 1, 1915) was an American political leader, activist, educator, and diplomat during the Reconstruction era.
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095-acre (3,276 ha) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km)...
Ashtabula ( ASH-tə-BYU-lə) is the most populous city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on to Lake Erie, 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Cleveland.
1st military flight in Dutch East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) off the Old...
Britain annexes Gilbert & Ellice archipelago in the Western Pacific
On the Tigris River in Mesopotamia, the Battle of Ctesiphon between Allied and Turkish forces enters its second day
The Italian Campaign of Albania (in Italian: Campagna Italiana di Albania), took place between 1916 and 1918 in the territory of Albania, as part of the wider events of the Balkans theatre of World...
Santa Catalina Island, often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
St John Ervine's "John Ferguson" premieres at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington, DC
Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre LH was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916.
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen...
The Junkers J 1, nicknamed the Blechesel (Tin Donkey or Sheet Metal Donkey), was an experimental monoplane aircraft developed by Junkers. It was the first all-metal aircraft in the world.
Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record until 2006)
Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati; Federal Baseball League dissolves
US Iron and Steel workers begin a 3-week strike in Ohio for an eight-hour-day; they are successful as the US needs steel for armaments
James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician.
Cromarty Harbour, Scotland - British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
Thomas Merton trappist monk, known for american trappist monk, was born on 1915-01-31. Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M.
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, known for american physicist, was born on 1915-02-05. Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Aung San, Burmese independence activist, known for burmese independence activist, was born on 1915-02-13. Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary.
Billie Holiday, American musician, known for american jazz singer, was born on 1915-04-07. Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer.
Anthony Quinn, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1915-04-21. Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican and…
Orson Welles, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1915-05-06. George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker.
Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician, known for israeli military leader and politician, was born on 1915-05-20. Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician.
Saul Bellow, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1915-06-10. Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer.
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress, known for swedish actress, was born on 1915-08-29. Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress.
Augusto Pinochet is born
Frank Sinatra, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1915-12-12. Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Edith Piaf, French musician, known for french singer, was born on 1915-12-19. Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist best…
Harry Morgan, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1915-04-10. Harry Morgan was an American actor whose television and film career spanned six decades.
Yitzhak Shamir is born
Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, was born on 1915-11-20.