About the day » Friday August 13, 1915Calender converter

• Byron David Benson III, Rutherford B, New Jersey († 2002)
• Albert Vercauteren, Temse († 1998)
• Anna van Alphen, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Allan Neil QUINNEY, New Zealand († 1947)
• Anna Isabella Coumans, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Maria Schoenmakers, Terheijden († 2005)
• Adrianus Verbeek, Geldermalsen († 1923)
• Anna Engelina Hermsen, Keppeln, Duitsland († 1945)
• Bonnie Wade Perry Mitchell, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Bernard Carolus Marie de Swart, Chaam († 1985)

• Christiaan ten Caat f (46), Coevorden {DR}
• Antonia Broeders (20), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan ten Caat (46), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christiaan Ten Caat (46), Coevorden
• Adrianus Hamers (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus Spoelma (74), Den Andel, Baflo, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonius Janssens (67), Zeelst
• Charles Houghton (25), France and Flanders
• Anna Hirst McClintock (48), Upper Providence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Bannink (9), Ruurlo

• 1911 » William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide († 1982)
• 1912 » Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1912 » Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach († 1985)
• 1912 » Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1913 » Fred Davis, English snooker player († 1998)
• 1913 » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus († 1977)
• 1914 » Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic († 1996)
• 1917 » Sid Gordon, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1918 » Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1918 » Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2006)

• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)

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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 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 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.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on August 13, 1915 was between 10.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 28.6 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.