About the day » Thursday December 23, 1915Calender converter

• Albertien Westenbrink, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Angelica Zambon, Matão, São Paulo, Brasil († 1979)
• ?? van Weelden, (GL) Buren († 1915)
• * Joannes Arnoldus Jacobus Cabri, Amsterdam († 1966)
• Albert Lamberiks, Houthem,, Limburg, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Eigenraam, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Nielsen, Waterloo, Douglas, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Anna Hillebregt, 's Gravenhage († 1971)
• Aria Tukker, Bleskensgraaf († 1997)
• * Joannes Arnoldus Jacobus (Jan) Cabri, Amsterdam († 1966)

• Aart Hakkert (83), Deil (Geldermalsen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Rohaan (62), enter
• Anna Vlietman (73), Amsterdam
• Adriaan van Rijsingen (56), Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jakobs Grit (62), Groningen
• Anna Vlietman (73), Amsterdam
• Adriana Gerrits (51), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Rosalia Visschers, Maastricht
• Anna Maria Bierenbroodspot (84), Hoorn
• Aart Hakkert (83), Deil

• 1910 » Kurt Meyer, German general († 1961)
• 1911 » James Gregory, American actor († 2002)
• 1911 » Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1912 » Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic († 1998)
• 1912 » Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America († 1999)
• 1916 » Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 2015)
• 1918 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer († 2000)
• 1919 » Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot († 2006)
• 1921 » Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director († 2001)

• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)

• 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.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on December 23, 1915 was between 1.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.