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Born on Monday August 23, 1915
Died on Monday August 23, 1915

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 23, 1915 at Delpher


Born on August 23

Died on August 23

Names that were popular for boys in 1915
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1915
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1915
  • 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • 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.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Weather August 23, 1915

The temperature on August 23, 1915 was between 6.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI