About the day » Monday August 30, 1915Calender converter

• Antoine Lambert Gerretsen, Den Haag († 1996)
• Agnes Helena Jacobs, Boxtel († 1992)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria Wensing, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna Gertrude Niewind, Dinslaken (Duitsland) († 1999)
• Albert WOORT, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Wensch van der, Hedikhuizen († 1941)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Wensch, Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Maria Carolina Nedermowe, Amsterdam († 1929)
• Anna Helena Gröninger, Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
• Adrianus Petrus Graumans, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)

• Barbera Stoop (44), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Beatrix Brouwenstijn (91), Bloemendaal
• Alice Virginia McDonald (42), Powell, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Maria Hubertina Bosten (39), Bocholtz (Limburg)
• Barbara Zomers (55), Helmond
• adriana STUMPHIUS (45), den haag
• Anna Maria Bouwmans (1), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Nijkamp (77), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonius van Landsveldt (82), Boekel
• Ardina van den Broek (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1912 » Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain († 2011)
• 1913 » Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1915 » Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland († 2013)
• 1915 » Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator († 2003)
• 1916 » Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter († 1968)
• 1917 » Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 2015)
• 1917 » Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia († 1992)
• 1918 » Billy Johnson, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1918 » Harold Atcherley, English businessman († 2017)

• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)

• 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 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on August 30, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.