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Born on Saturday December 11, 1915
- Alke Withoff († 1980)
- Anna van den Nouland, Voorhout († 2001)
- Anje Bos, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
- Antoinette van der Sanden, 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ada Wilhelmina Tienhoven, van
- Agatha Maria (Rita) Jansen, Delft († 1999)
- Antje van Leeuwen, Wilnis († 1999)
- Anna Klunder, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 2014)
- Arie Kool, Dordrecht († 1915)
- André de Jong, Dongen († 1973)
Died on Saturday December 11, 1915
- Aaltje Zaagman (86), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
- ? ? (23)
- Vet (0)
- Aloijsia Gerardine Maria van Luxemburg (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alexander Didden, Molenstede
- Adriana Petronella Reeser (76), Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Anna (Antje) Voorn (87)
- Alexander DIDDEN (71), Molenstede
- Adriaan Lagerweij (61), Hardinxveld
- Anna Maria Seelen (11), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 11, 1915 at Delpher
- De Sumatra post
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De tribune : soc. dem. weekblad
Born on December 11
- 1911 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
- 1911 » Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic († 2009)
- 1911 » Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2006)
- 1912 » Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer († 2007)
- 1913 » Jean Marais, French actor and director († 1998)
- 1916 » Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright († 1998)
- 1916 » Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader († 1989)
- 1918 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)
- 1918 » Clinton Adams, American painter and historian († 2002)
- 1919 » Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer († 2016)
Died on December 11
- 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
- 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
- 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
- 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
- 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
- 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
- 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1937 » Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)
- 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)
- 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
Names that were popular for boys in 1915
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Albert
- Antonius
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1915
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
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 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
- May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
- May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
- July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
- August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
- October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
The weather on Saturday December 11, 1915
The temperature on December 11, 1915 was between 5.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI