About the day » Friday January 8, 1915Calender converter

• Anna Cornelia Laros, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Antonetta Elisabeth de Jong, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1915)
• Aafke Oldenburger, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Vliegen, Opitter, Provincie Limburg, België († 1991)
• Aafke Ploegman, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1993)
• Alberta Geertruida van Dijk, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Alva Mosley Suggs († 1979)
• Adrianus Rozenberg, Hellevoetsluis († 2003)
• Antonea Martha Victorine Fredrikz, Majong, afdeling Japara (Koedoes)
• Aartje Flach, Ridderkerk

• Amanda A. Focht (71), Sidney Fremont Co.Iowa
• Arie van Drunen (64), Zegveld,, Utrecht, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Ansems (47), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Grundeken (0), Wassenaar
• Arij Jacobus van der Mark (82), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrina Zuijdendorp (33), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Baars (20), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje van Loo (55), Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• !! Lauritsdatter (0)
• Abraham Nieuwland (56), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1909 » Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet († 1995)
• 1909 » Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1909 » Evelyn Wood, American author and educator († 1995)
• 1909 » Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1910 » Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina († 1998)
• 1911 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author († 1970)
• 1912 » José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1912 » Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General († 2014)
• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)

• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on January 8, 1915 was between 3.9 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.