What happened on 27 February 1915?

Discover what happened on 27 February 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

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  • Arthur Gilson (Belgian politician and Minister of Defence (1915-2004))
  • Olavi Virta (Finnish singer and actor (1915–1972))
  • Clemens Pölking (German politician (1915-1967))
  • Erich Schellow (German actor (1915-1995))
  • André Frédérique (French poet (1915–1957))
  • Donald Curtis (American actor (1915-1997))
  • Giuseppe Cenni (Regia Aeronautica fighter ace in World War II)
  • Lidia Ilyina (Soviet painter (1915-1994))
  • Boris Aleksandrovich Kornilov
  • Ivan Petrovich Subbotin (Hero of the Soviet Union (1915–1980))
  • Denis Whitaker (Canadian general)
  • Dick Crockett (American actor and director (1915-1979))
  • Dimitar Sagaev (Bulgarian composer)
  • Gerry Monaghan (Canadian politician (1915–1973))
  • Bertil Eriksson (Swedish actor)
  • José Marante (Argentinian association football player (1915-1993))
  • Miloslav Holub (Czech theater manager and actor)
  • Chiang Yen-shih (Republic of China politician)
  • Leopoldo Castedo (Spanish historian (1915-1999))
  • Czesław Byszewski (Polish actor (1915–1997))
  • Czesław Piskorski
  • Wacław Skomorucha
  • Witold Biały
  • Jerry D. Page (United States general (1915-1989))
  • Harold Koplar (American businessman)
  • Ruurd Elzer (Dutch painter)
  • Karel Solařík (Czech painter)
  • Antal Dunay
  • Don Betourne (American basketball player)
  • Alci Sánchez (Venezuelan singer)
  • Dilawar Khan, Crown Prince of Junagadh (Head of the House of Babi-Junagadh (1959 – 1989) & 11th Governor of Sindh (1976 – 1977))
  • Frieda Vahrenhorst
  • Claude Idoux (French painter)
  • Hans Bambey
  • Gotthard Speer (German music pedagogue)
  • Alexander Reginald Ward ((born 1915))
  • Helen Mary Trafford ((1915-2002))
  • Mary Kathleen Henderson (Peerage person ID=437582)
  • Sam Aronoff (botanist (1915-2010))
  • Bohumil Nepovím
  • James Beckerley (American nuclear physicist)
  • Alžběta Justicová (Holocaust victim (born 1915))
  • Tomás Pérez do Porto
  • Susana C. Polac
  • Rudolf Bureš
  • Sverre Birger Kroken
  • Teofil Zator
  • Hubert Hilbert

Deaths

  • Auguste Groß von Trockau (German author)
  • Eduard Hauser (Austrian stonemason and entrepreneur (1840–1915))
  • Fritz Reiss (German lithographer, illustrator and painter (1857-1915))
  • Robert W. Everett (American politician (1839-1915))
  • Rudolf Berger (German singer (1874–1915))
  • Michaël Maarschalkerweerd (Dutch organ maker)
  • Albert Decrais (French politician and diplomat (1838–1915))
  • Lionel des Rieux (French journalist and poet (1870–1915))
  • Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian mathematician)
  • Raphael of Brooklyn (American saint (1860-1915))
  • Willem Hovy (Dutch politician and brewer)
  • Elizabeth Ross (Scottish physician)
  • Auguste Groß von Trockau (German author)
  • Eduard Hauser (Austrian stonemason and entrepreneur (1840–1915))
  • Fritz Reiss (German lithographer, illustrator and painter (1857-1915))
  • Robert W. Everett (American politician (1839-1915))
  • Rudolf Berger (German singer (1874–1915))
  • Michaël Maarschalkerweerd (Dutch organ maker)
  • Albert Decrais (French politician and diplomat (1838–1915))
  • Louis Jacquier (French politician and journalist (1835-1915))
  • Motokazu Matsumoto
  • W. U. Hensel (American newspaper editor)
  • Héctor Miranda (Uruguayan lawyer)
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  • G. M. Marshall (Wisconsin State Assemblyman)
  • Mary Robinson ((1838-1915))
  • Fergus Algernon Sutton ((1892-1915))
  • Frederik Zeuthen
  • Antonio Virgili (born 1842; died 1915. [from old catalog])
  • Grafton St. Loe Abbott ((1856-1915))
  • Henry William James Revell (Drummer in Middlesex Regiment, British Army)
  • Robert Newton (Soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment)
  • Leo Van Meenen
  • Pierre Falkembergh (curate)
  • Ludwig Wilhelm Beirer (Dutch architect)
  • Hugo Nathhorst
  • Jan Příbramský (Czech photographer)
  • Gabriel Tailliez
  • Hans von Berlepsch (German ornithologist (1850-1915))
  • Miura Hekisui (Japanese businessman and politician)
  • Alejandro Rodríguez Velazco (politician and general from Cuba)
  • Cesare Boccanera (Roman Catholic archbishop)
  • Wilhelm Hahn
  • John Hope of St. Mary’s Isle ((1843-1915))
  • Lionel des Rieux (French journalist and poet (1870–1915))
  • Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian mathematician)
  • Ludwig Wilhelm Beirer (Dutch architect)
  • Hugo Nathhorst
  • Jan Příbramský (Czech photographer)
  • Gabriel Tailliez
  • Hans von Berlepsch (German ornithologist (1850-1915))
  • Elizabeth Ross (Scottish physician)
  • Auguste Groß von Trockau (German author)
  • Eduard Hauser (Austrian stonemason and entrepreneur (1840–1915))
  • Fritz Reiss (German lithographer, illustrator and painter (1857-1915))
  • Robert W. Everett (American politician (1839-1915))
  • Rudolf Berger (German singer (1874–1915))
  • Michaël Maarschalkerweerd (Dutch organ maker)
  • Albert Decrais (French politician and diplomat (1838–1915))
  • Lionel des Rieux (French journalist and poet (1870–1915))
  • Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian mathematician)
  • Raphael of Brooklyn (American saint (1860-1915))
  • Willem Hovy (Dutch politician and brewer)
  • John George Hess (Canadian politician)
  • Louis Jacquier (French politician and journalist (1835-1915))
  • Motokazu Matsumoto
  • W. U. Hensel (American newspaper editor)
  • Héctor Miranda (Uruguayan lawyer)
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  • G. M. Marshall (Wisconsin State Assemblyman)
  • Alejandro Rodríguez Velazco (politician and general from Cuba)
  • Cesare Boccanera (Roman Catholic archbishop)
  • Wilhelm Hahn
  • John Hope of St. Mary’s Isle ((1843-1915))
  • Mary Robinson ((1838-1915))
  • Fergus Algernon Sutton ((1892-1915))
  • Frederik Zeuthen
  • Antonio Virgili (born 1842; died 1915. [from old catalog])
  • Grafton St. Loe Abbott ((1856-1915))
  • Henry William James Revell (Drummer in Middlesex Regiment, British Army)
  • Robert Newton (Soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment)
  • Miura Hekisui (Japanese businessman and politician)