About the day » Wednesday December 8, 1915Calender converter

• Albert Verhaeghe, Loppem († 2011)
• Alberta Willemijntje van den Broek, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Alida Carolina Bimmel, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Gerard CORTHOUTS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1991)
• Adrianus van Bergen, Roosendaal († 1940)
• Adriana Alida Carolina (Jeanne) Bimmel, Medemblik († 2000)
• Aart Lagerweij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1960)
• Aart Sleurink, Kampen,Kampen,Overijssel,Nederland († 1916)
• Aart Aartsz Lagerweij, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1960)
• Adriana Maria Ermes, Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, België († 2000)

• Antonie Nicolaas Zijtregtop (63), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriana Hannewijck (62), Wolfaartsdijk, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland, NL
• Amherst Lanman Holcombe (0)
• Aloijsius van Kesteren (74), Kortenhoef
• Anna Catharina Kassen (63), Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anné Frans Arnoldi (50), Maktau (Kenya)
• Adrianus Gregorius Smeulders (71), Tilburg Nederland
• Albertus Cornelis Arnoldus de Bruijn (1), Roermond
• Aaltje (Jansen) van Essen (66), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje de Haan (92), Kantens

• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)
• 1913 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer († 1966)
• 1914 » Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer († 2003)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1915 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1916 » Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1917 » Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator († 1998)
• 1919 » Julia Bowman, American mathematician and theorist († 1985)
• 1919 » Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa († 1997)

• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)

• 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on December 8, 1915 was between 4.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.