1915

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This article is about the year 1915. For the 2015 film, see 1915 (film). For the Australian miniseries, see 1915 (miniseries). For the book by Roger McDonald, see 1915: a novel.
1915
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Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1915 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1915
MCMXV
Ab urbe condita 2668
Armenian calendar 1364
ԹՎ ՌՅԿԴ
Assyrian calendar 6665
Bahá'í calendar 71–72
Bengali calendar 1322
Berber calendar 2865
British Regnal year Geo. 5 – 6 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar 2459
Burmese calendar 1277
Byzantine calendar 7423–7424
Chinese calendar 甲寅(Wood Tiger)
4611 or 4551
    — to —
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
4612 or 4552
Coptic calendar 1631–1632
Discordian calendar 3081
Ethiopian calendar 1907–1908
Hebrew calendar 5675–5676
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1971–1972
 - Shaka Samvat 1836–1837
 - Kali Yuga 5015–5016
Holocene calendar 11915
Igbo calendar 915–916
Iranian calendar 1293–1294
Islamic calendar 1333–1334
Japanese calendar Taishō 4
(大正4年)
Javanese calendar 1845–1846
Juche calendar 4
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4248
Minguo calendar ROC 4
民國4年
Nanakshahi calendar 447
Thai solar calendar 2457–2458

1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Julian calendar, the 1915th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 915th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1915, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[edit]

January 1: HMS Formidable, sunk by a German U-boat.

Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.

January[edit]

Main article: January 1915

February[edit]

Main article: February 1915

March[edit]

Main article: March 1915
March 14: WWI: SMS Dresden, forced to scuttle by the Royal Navy.

April[edit]

Main article: April 1915
May 7: WWI: RMS Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat.

May[edit]

Main article: May 1915

June[edit]

Main article: June 1915

July[edit]

Main article: July 1915

August[edit]

Main article: August 1915
August: Destruction by the 1915 Galveston hurricane.

September[edit]

Main article: September 1915

October[edit]

Main article: October 1915

November[edit]

Main article: November 1915

December[edit]

Main article: December 1915

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Nobel Prizes[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "The Great Escape". Pawn Stars. Season 4. Episode 28. 2011-05-09. History. 
  2. ^ "No Jacket Can Hold Him", Life, accessed May 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0. 
  4. ^ Heller, Charles E. (September 1984). "Chemical Warfare in World War I: The American Experience, 1917-1918". Leaveanworth Papers, 10. Combat Studies Institute. Retrieved 2012-08-24. 
  5. ^ Johnston, Willie (2015-03-12). "Centenary of HMS Bayano disaster off the Galloway coast". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-03-24. 
  6. ^ “Washington, Oct. 25.” The New York Times, 26 October 1915.
  7. ^ In Die Weißen Blätter.
  8. ^ Shlaim, Avi (2008). Lion of Jordan. London: Penguin Books. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-141-01728-0. 

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