The temperature on December 23, 1915 was between 1.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
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 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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