About the day » Wednesday April 21, 1915Calender converter

• Anna Kluter, Ekamp, Finsterwolde († 1915)
• Allan James KELLY, Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia († 1975)
• Adriana Jozina Geelhoed, Colijnsplaat
• Anthony Quinn, Chihuahua, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico († 2001)
• Adriana Köhne, Rotterdam († 1916)
• Andries van Mastbergen, Rotterdam († 1983)
• * Cornelis (Cor) Elzinga, Rotterdam († 2012)
• Adriana Roijmans, Reusel († 2000)
• Antonia (Toni) de Bruijn, Hilversum († 1977)
• Adriana Maria van der Keur, Rotterdam († 1917)

• Alida Kouwenhoven (50), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterd Zwagerman (68), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bouwknegt (21), Nijeveen, Dr, The Netherlands
• Arien Balder (53), Haarlemmermeer
• Ariën Takken (72), Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterdr Zwagerman (68), Andijk
• Aleida Perik (72), Lonneker
• August Friedrich Wilhelm Schütt, Landgraaf (Schaesberg) (Limburg)
• Alberdina Oldenziel (2), De Krim
• Anna Remmerswaal (63), Den Haag

• 1911 » Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil († 2000)
• 1911 » Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician († 1991)
• 1912 » Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist († 2012)
• 1912 » Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1913 » Norman Parkinson, English photographer († 1990)
• 1914 » Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling († 2013)
• 1915 » Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor († 2001)
• 1915 » Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic († 2003)
• 1916 » Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician († 2013)
• 1918 » Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)

• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)

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. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
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.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• 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 April 21, 1915 was between 1.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.