1915

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Years: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 - 1915 - 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

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Births

• February 11 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist.

• February 11 - Mervyn Levy, American artist/critic.

• February 11 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, American author.

• May 6 - Orson Welles, American director (Citizen Kane)

• May 20 - Moshe Dayan, Israelian general

• December 12 - Frank Sinatra, American entertainer

Deaths

Events

Science

• Albert Einstein publishes his theory of general relativity.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Sir William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg

• Chemistry- Richard Martin Willstätter

• Medicine - not awarded

• Literature - Romain Rolland

• Peace - not awarded