About the day » Thursday August 15, 1907Calender converter

• Alfons Victor Alaerts, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1909)
• Adriana Maria van Baaren, Willige Langerak
• André de Maere d'Aertrycke, Bruges (Brugge), 31005, Belgique
• Adrianus Wensing, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Albert Klein Wassink, Oosterwijk
• Albertus Henderikus Klazen, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1989)
• * Antonius Franciscus van Neerven, Deurne
• Alberdina Zwiep, Ambt-Hardenberg († 1983)
• Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1907)
• Albertus Schoonheijm, Utrecht († 1908)

• Antonia Kuylen (83), Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anna Maria Catharina SMEYERS (69), Essen Belgie
• Christina Carolina Kistermann (87), Vaals, Limburg, Netherlands
• Mulders (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianna NUGTERAN (61)
• Cornelia Johanna Korsmit (0), Zevenbergen (NL)
• Amelia Schauvlieghe (65), Evergem
• Cornelia Boers (78), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Christina Elisabeth Mahlmann (52), Madioen, Java, Ned. Indië
• (Antonius) Antonie van den Van Den Broek (87), Nistelrode

• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Wendy Hiller, English actress († 2003)
• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on August 15, 1907 was between 12.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.