About the day » Saturday June 12, 1915Calender converter

• Arie Molendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Albertus Arler, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1987)
• (Stillborn) WIJNALDA, Enumatil (Leek) Groningen Netherlands († 1915)
• Auke Habing, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Albert Knol, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1983)
• Alida Maria Sophia Kwikkel, Amsterdam († 1966)
• Bontine Boukema († 1988)
• Albert Knol, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 1983)
• Bartholomeus Ooijen, Zevenbergen († 1969)
• Albert Andries (Puck) Sauerbier, Batavia († 2000)

• ALPHONSE ISIDORE DE MAESSCHALCK (21), NOORTSCHOTE,WEST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Ardella J. Heglund (10)
• Antonius Martinus Gerardus Miltenburg (0), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Büchel van Steenbergen (55)
• Antonius Van Maris (36), Helden,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alice Ann Layton (71), Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, United States
• Barbara Petronella van Geenen (68), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Nicolasen Abrahamse (72), Utrecht
• Antje Laurens (78), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Denissen- (79), Moergestel, Nederland

• 1912 » Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1993)
• 1913 » Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general († 1996)
• 1914 » Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player († 2014)
• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman († 2017)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1916 » Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona († 2015)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

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 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
• October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on June 12, 1915 was between 9.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.