About the day » Saturday August 7, 1915Calender converter

• van Vuuren, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Alix de Heilly, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Stoffels, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1915)
• Adriana Helena Jansen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)
• Antje Gerrits Hofstra, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Albertus van Delft († 1991)
• AALTJE VAN TOL, Haarlemmermeer Weteringbrug († 2013)
• Albertus Godefridus Gerhardus Willem Sutherland Roijaards, Bolsward,,Friesland,Netherlands († 1932)
• Adriaan Tollenaar, Hoek († 1944)
• Petrus (Piet) Baaten, Roosendaal en Nispen († 2009)

• de Leeuw (0), Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Bontje (8), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Baan (77), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stroop (41), Rucphen
• Auke van den Bogert (2), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Dorothea Pistorius (7), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Peekema (68), Roordahuizum, Friesland, Nederland
• Auke van den BOGERT (2), Rotterdam (Z-H)
• Aagje Brandwijk (84), Sliedrecht
• Arthur Knight (40), Heights, Hood River, Oregon, United States

• 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

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.
• 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.
• May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
• July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on August 7, 1915 was between 14.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.