About the day » Sunday May 16, 1915Calender converter

• Aaltina Cornelia De Vries, Oldekerk,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnold Johannes Leo Schunck, Heerlen, Lim, Nederland († 1916)
• Agnes Martha Durham, Clay, Iowa, VS († 2009)
• Adriana Alberdina Kolff, Almkerk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Artie van den Berg, Marion County (Iowa), Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Quax, Haarlem
• Aart van de Glind, Ede († 1995)
• Arnoldus Henricus Adrianus Aarts, Alphen en Riel († 1940)
• Albert Emile Clement Neven, Tongeren, België († 1963)
• Adolph Turkowsky, New Britain, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 2000)

• Carolus Ludovicus Marie Carael (56), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen
• Aleida Samulina Schols (71), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Kluter (0), Beerta
• Abraham Onvlee (93), Leiden
• Adolf Jakob (28), Rodochonche, Galizien
• Antje ter Horst (29), Enschede
• Bernardina HARKEMA BEKKER (65), Vught, 4366, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Westerhout (85), Lexmond, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Ter HORST (29), Enschede
• Abraham Onvlee (93), Leiden

• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1913 » Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland († 1991)
• 1913 » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player († 1987)
• 1914 » Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1915 » Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1916 » Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel († 2009)
• 1917 » Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot († 2015)
• 1917 » James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1917 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer († 1986)
• 1918 » Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager († 2000)

• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)

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. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

The average temperature on May 16, 1915 was 8.0 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.