About the day » Tuesday July 20, 1915Calender converter

• Anna de Raad, Sliedrecht († 1992)
• Antonia Bax, Leende († 1992)
• Adrianus Johannes Dekkers, Moerstraten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Johannes Dekkers, Wouw († 1995)
• Antonia Hermina Elschot, Harreveld,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Aileen Jensen († 2009)
• Anna Mathea Wilhelmina Petronella Maria Avontuur
• Arie van Rijn, Brielle, Nederland († 2004)
• Aloysius Emanual Barhorst, Ft. Loramie, Ohio, VS († 1985)
• Albert Vuegen, Paal, Limburg, België († 1984)

• * Alphonsus Antonius Timmerman (24), Rotterdam
• Albertus Ederveen (39)
• Albertus Stet, Castricum
• Adriana Willems Ravensberg(en) (38), Leiden
• Antonius Johannes Kaldenhoven (0), Utrecht
• Adriaan Martinus KOK (0), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Klok (0), Oud Schoonebeek, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Vos (0)
• Charlotte Custer HEYSER (64)
• Antonius Johannes Kaldenhoven (0), Utrecht

• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)
• 1918 » Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 2006)
• 1919 » Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer († 2008)
• 1919 » Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, English writer († 2012)

• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)

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. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Antonius
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.
• March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The temperature on July 20, 1915 was between 12.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.