About the day » Tuesday April 27, 1915Calender converter

• Alida Duchain, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Secunda Clara Blommaert, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Antonette Petronella Antonise, Bladel en Netersel († 1963)
• A....... Engberts, Opsterland († 1992)
• Albertje Doek, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)
• Annigje van Noordennen, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hubert Jozef (Al) Bruls, Heerlen († 1977)
• Arie Rietveld, Schoonhoven
• Adriaan Marinus Hage, Ouwerkerk († 1990)
• Adolphus Richardus Van Craeynest, Oostende († 1915)

• Aaltje Lieuwes Haarsma (82), Losser
• Aagje (Aagt) Graveland (25), Zevenhuizen
• (Stillborn) van Renselaar (0)
• Adriana Josephina Bastiaens (63), Rotterdam
• Adriana in 't Veld (77), Drongelen
• Aagje Graveland (25), Zevenhuizen
• Adriaan Pijnappels (64), Schijndel
• Adolf HEKKET (79), Alkmaar (Noord-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Adriana van Moorsel (54), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna, Geertuida Witberg (72), Schiedam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland

• 1911 » Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1912 » Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician († 2001)
• 1912 » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1913 » Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic († 2012)
• 1913 » Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier († 1943)
• 1913 » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author († 2004)
• 1916 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager († 2002)
• 1916 » Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge († 2013)
• 1917 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor († 2001)
• 1918 » Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist († 2008)

• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)

• 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.
• March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
• September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

The temperature on April 27, 1915 was between 6.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.