What Happened in 1915

Tesla and Edison ignored by Nobel Prize committee

There was a tragic mistake during the 1915 Nobel Prize involving Nikola Tesla and Edison. The report of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1915, to be... Read more

"La Prensa Grafica" Is Founded

La Prensa Gráfica commonly known as La Prensa is a daily newspaper published in El Salvador by Grupo Dutriz. La Prensa is a mainstream metropolitan... Read more

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is founded by Jane Addams

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works... Read more

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is published

On the recommendation of Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita, Einstein began exploring the usefulness of general covariance (essentially the... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Promotes De Stijl Movement

It was while reviewing an exposition for one of these magazines he wrote for, in 1915 (halfway through his two-year service in the army), that he... Read more

The 'Order of the Arrow' is Founded

The Order of the Arrow is a 'thing of the spirit' rather than of mechanics. Organization, operational procedure, and paraphernalia are necessary in... Read more

The Negro by W.E.B. Du Bois is Published

The Negro is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois published in 1915. The book is an overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the... Read more

Gandhi Receives Hero's Welcome Upon Returning to India from South Africa

In 1915, Gandhi returned from South Africa to live in India. He spoke at the conventions of the Indian National Congress, but was primarily... Read more

Woman's Peace Party is formed

On the outbreak of the First World War a group of women pacifists in the United States began talking about the need to form an organization to help... Read more

Montenegro Surrenders to Austria-Hungary

Montenegrin Army, 40,000 General Yukovitch King Nicholas Austrian Army, 60,000 General Ermolli General Koevess Montenegro, the poorest... Read more

Avezzano Earthquake of 1915

The 1915 Avezzano earthquake or 1915 L'Aquila earthquake occurred on January 13 in southern Italy, by L'Aquila. The epicenter was located in the... Read more

Zeppelin Raids of England, France, Italy and Poland

The war in the air, during 1915, carried the flaming sword through the skies hundreds of miles beyond the battle lines, striking terror among the... Read more

Battle of Dogger Bank

I might mention that we were well within range of the Germans during this time, who apparently could not spare one of their 11-inch guns for us,... Read more

Alexander Graham Bell Conducts the First Transcontinental Call

Yesterday afternoon [on January 25, 1915] the same two men talked by telephone to each other over a 3,400-mile (5,500 km) wire between New York and... Read more

Battle of the Suez Canal

British Force, 40,000 Major General Sir John Maxwell, Commander Turkish Force, 65,000 General Djemal Pasha, Commander The German... Read more

Battle Of Bolimow

The Battle of Bolimov was an inconclusive battle of World War I fought on January 31, 1915 between Germany and Russia and considered a preliminary... Read more

Armenian Genocide - 1,000,000 Massacred by the Turks and Kurds

Russian Forces, 180,000 General Yuclenitch, Commander-in-Chief General Woronozov, Erzerum Army Turkish Forces, 200,000 General Enver Pasha,... Read more

Third Assault on Warsaw

Russian Force, 100,000 General Russky German Force, 150,000 Gen. Mackensen Hindenberg, on February 1, 1915, launched his third drive on... Read more

Battle of Koziowa

Russian Army, 300,000 General Ivanoff Austro-German Army, 350,000 General von Linsingen The Second Austrian Army, under General von... Read more

Birth of a Nation Premieres

On Febuary 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith's controversial silent film, The Birth of a Nation, premiered in Los Angeles, California. Released under the... Read more

Russian Disaster in East Prussia

Russian Forces, 160,000 General Sievers General Bulgakoff German Forces, 300,000 General von Eichhorn General von Below General von... Read more

"A Night Out" (film) is Released

A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the... Read more

Bombardment of the Dardanelles

Allied Army and Navy, 300,000 General Sir Ian Hamilton General Monroe General Gouraud General Marshall General D'Amade Major-General... Read more

Winston Churchill Establishes The Landships Committee

It was Churchill who, on Colonel Swinton's urging (and backed by Hankey), sponsored the establishment of the Landships Committee to investigate the... Read more

Battle of Przasnysz

Russian Force, 50,000 General Sievers German Forces, 100,000 General Gallwitz General Scholz While the Russians were being driven out of... Read more