About the day » Monday May 15, 1916Calender converter

• Arthur Urbain Corneel KESTELYN, Krombeke († 2002)
• Bernardus Johannes Maria BRUGMAN, Netterden, Oude IJsselstreek (NL) († 1957)
• Alice Marie Kraut, Hardin,, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Alberdina Toerse († 1959)
• Anna Wilhelmina Dikkers, Gorssel
• Abraham Pieter Marjee, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Aart Willem Ducardus, Gorinchem († 1980)
• Alida Willemdr van der Molen, Broek Op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Adolf Lozeman, Nijkerk († 1984)
• Alida van der Molen, Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• Anders Jansson Lundberg (80), Kroppa, Varmland, Sweden
• Adriana Cornelia Ickroth (74), Nispen, Nederland
• Antonia Slaats (78), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antje Koster (69), Ursem
• Alle (Jan) Bokma (76), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Steenpaal (0), Roosendaal
• Eilers (0), Vlagtwedde, Westerwolde, GR, Netherlands
• Barbera van der Vlist (31), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel (Z.-H.), Neth
• Berend Arends (77), Emmen
• Albert Altena, Heemse

• 1914 » Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island († 2000)
• 1914 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1914 » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)
• 1915 » Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer († 1993)
• 1915 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist († 2006)
• 1915 » Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1916 » Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress († 2014)
• 1918 » Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter († 2015)
• 1918 » Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor († 2009)

• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.

The temperature on May 15, 1916 was between 9.2 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.