Discover what happened on 17 January 1915 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- László Merész (Hungarian military officer (1915-1997))
- Thomas James Stretch (British priest and army chaplain (1915–1973))
- Antonina Mijal
- Fulvio Muzi
- José Garriga (Puerto Rican basketball player (1915-))
- Pierre Péchoux
- Roger Windle Pilkington (UK biologist and author (1915-2003))
- Akvinas Juraj Gabura
- Arthur-Ewen Séguin (Canadian politician)
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- Wolf Rosenberg (German composer)
- Paul Haslwanter (Austrian cross-country skier)
- Perceval Gerard Collier ((1915-1999))
- Albert Serreyn
- Herman Oldenbrant
- Antonín Šít
- Evžen Halamásek
- Štefan Turnský
- Teresa Parri
- Seth Olofsson (Swedish skier)
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- Elisabeta Fischlová (Holocaust victim (born 1915))
- Irma Schnek (Holocaust victim (born 1915))
- Alberto de Paz y Mateos (Venezuelan playwright and lawyer)
- Anton Schmid
- Alžběta Taubová
- Iván Bernát
- Augie Guglielmo (American baseball umpire)
- Alan Moray Williams (journalist, translator, and poet)
- Antonín Lysý
- Ján Martinčok
- Alfred Górny
- Hilda Mary Pattillo (early New Zealand woman photographer)
- Eleanor Dwyryd (Welsh harpist)
Deaths
- Willem Frederik Schurmann
- Adalbert Braun (German farmer (1843-1915))
- Ida Aalberg (Finnish actress (1857–1915))
- Smith McPherson (United States federal judge (1848–1915))
- Jules Arren (French journalist (1876–1915))
- Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu (French politician and engineer (1871–1915))
- Émile Despax (French poet (1881–1915))
- Hjalmar Claëson (Swedish politician (1836–1915))
- Andreas Paulsen (Danish sculptor)
- Lamon V. Harkness (American businessman)
- Louis Sulzbacher (American judge (1842-1915))
- Leonhard Demel von Elswehr (Austrian politician from Silesia, member of Imperial Council and mayor of Cieszyn)
- William Rann Kennedy (British judge)
- Hermann Flamm
- René Béclu (French sculptor)
- Yiḥya Mosheh ʻAbudi
- Giovanni Battista Radaelli (Italian politician)
- Lorenzo Coffin (American farmer, politician, and campaigner)
- Violet Isabel Hunter ((1890-1915))
- Annette Louisa Master ((died 1915))
- James Foulis Foulis ((1880-1915))
- Robert Edward Michael Pakenham ((1874-1915))
- Ludwig Zweifel ((1854-1915))
- William H. Wilson (US author (1869-1915))
- Bruno Gřivnacký
- Bohumír Nevyjel
- Elizabeth Whitney (1 Nov 1849 – 17 Jan 1915)
- Hjalmar Tessing
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- Sándor Pintér (Hungarian lawyer, archaeologist and politician (1841-1915))
- Jens Kjeldsen
- Andreas Blom
- Allen Haddock (phrenologist and editor (1845-1915))
- Adalbert Braun (German farmer (1843-1915))
- Sándor Pintér (Hungarian lawyer, archaeologist and politician (1841-1915))
- Jens Kjeldsen
- Andreas Blom
- Allen Haddock (phrenologist and editor (1845-1915))