Date: May 22, 1915
U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland. Date: February 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Avezzano Earthquake Strikes Italy, Kills 30,000 January…
World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Date: October 12, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915China Accedes to…
The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide. Date: April 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Georges Claude Patents Neon Discharge Tube for…
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. Date: May 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅…
The passenger ship SS Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. Date: July 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events…
Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I. Date: January 17, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915National Protection War Begins in Yunnan Against Empire…