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)