About the day » Monday May 3, 1915Calender converter

• Arigje Pater de, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Adrianus Koman, Werkendam († 2010)
• Aaltje Ceacarina Braam, Groningen, Nederland († 2006)
• Aaltje Caesarina Braam, Groningen,Groningen,Niederlande († 2006)
• Antje Wals, Loppersum († 1963)
• Archie L Jenkins, Virginia († 1977)
• Augustin ALEN, Lommel († 1986)
• Alphonsus Vanroose, Aartrijke († 1915)
• Hengstman, Wierden († 1915)
• Albertine Mampaey, Laroin, F († 1996)

• Adrianus Johannes de Visser (35), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Rietveld (64), utrecht (utrecht)
• Aaltje Pinkster (6), Valthermond (Odoorn, Drenthe)
• Antonius Petrus Doorakkers (0), Princenhage
• Anna Theresia (Treeze) Spaetgens (77), Koningsbosch, Netherlands
• Albert Visser (46), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Boer (84), Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia van Maren (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Nonnekens (59), Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Postma (3), Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
• 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
• 1913 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist († 1973)
• 1914 » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet († 2018))
• 1915 » Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic († 2002)
• 1915 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling († 2003)
• 1916 » Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor († 2006)
• 1917 » Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist († 2006)
• 1917 » George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor († 2016)
• 1918 » Ted Bates, English footballer and manager († 2003)

• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)

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.
• January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
• January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
• 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.

The temperature on May 3, 1915 was between -0.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.