About the day » Thursday May 13, 1915Calender converter

• Anton Lamber Minten, Obermèormter, Xanten, Dèusseldorf, Nwe, Deutschland († 1941)
• Abraham Nabarro, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antonie Bor, Lienden (Gl)-Netherlands († 1915)
• Arie J BEUKELMAN, Douglas County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Agnes Ida King, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Berendina Johanna Maria Harmsen, Steenderen († 2000)
• Anna Maria Adelheid Deiman, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Austin Peter White, New Brunswick, Canada († 1993)
• Apolonius Hess, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Atze van Stralen († 1988)

• Cornelis van Sint Annaland (63), Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jan van Sprundel (21), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbara Catharina Zondag (61), Schiedam, Gemeente Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Derkje Jansen (76), Peize
• Antonia van Cuijk (59), Nijmegen
• Christina Theodora Smit (2), Amsterdam
• Christiaan van den Bosch (61), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Buitendijk (86), Overschie
• Anthonij Kornelisz Maat (44), Vlaardingen
• Clement Bertram Mitford (38), Battle of Loos, France

• 1912 » Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1988)
• 1912 » Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi († 2007)
• 1913 » Robert Dorning, English actor, singer, and dancer († 1989)
• 1913 » Theo Helfrich, German racing driver († 1978)
• 1913 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia († 1980)
• 1914 » Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer († 2009)
• 1914 » Joe Louis, American boxer († 1981)
• 1914 » Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1916 » Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet († 2004)
• 1918 » Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor († 1984)

• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)

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.
• January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The temperature on May 13, 1915 was between 6.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 23.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.