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{{short description|Month of 1915}}
{{Events by month|1915}}
{{calendar|year=1915|month=March}}
[[File:Bouvet sinking March 18 1915.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The last moments of the French battleship {{ship|French battleship|Bouvet||2}}, 18 March 1915.]]
[[File:1915-S $50 Panama-Pacific 50 Dollar Octagonal.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Panama–Pacific commemorative coins|Commemorative $50 coins]] by [[Robert Ingersoll Aitken|Robert Aitken]] for the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]].]]

The following events occurred in '''March 1915''':

== [[March 1]], 1915 (Monday) ==
* The [[Imperial Russian Navy]]'s [[Black Sea Fleet]] began [[seaplane tender|seaplane carrier]] raids against the [[Bosporus]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]'s European [[Black Sea]] coast. The raids, which continue until May, were history's first in which [[battleship]]s play a subsidiary role while operating with aviation ships, foreshadowing the [[aircraft carrier]]-battleship [[task force]]s of [[World War II]].<ref>Layman, R.D., ''Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849–1922'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989, {{ISBN|0-87021-210-9}}, pp. 96, 101.</ref>
* A virulent [[1915 Ottoman Syria locust infestation|locust infestation]] broke out in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and would continue until October.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/04/23/100151331.pdf|title=Distress in Jerusalem|date=1915-04-23|work=New York Times|access-date=2008-08-05 }}</ref>
* The [[Royal Flying Corps]] established the [[No. 15 Squadron RAF|No. 15 Squadron]] at [[Farnborough Airport]], [[Farnborough, Hampshire]], [[England]] as a training unit under command of [[Philip Joubert de la Ferté]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Squadron 15 |url= http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/15squadron.cfm |website=Royal Air Force |publisher=UK Crown |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714062827/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/15squadron.cfm |archive-date=14 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[11th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|11th]], [[12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|12th]], and [[13th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|13th Light Horse Regiments]] of the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] were established to serve at the upcoming [[Gallipoli campaign]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=6 December 2011 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |title=11th Light Horse Regiment |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10569.asp |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10571.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313194702/http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10571.asp |title=12th Light Horse Regiment |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=12 June 2010 |archive-date=13 March 2011 |ref=CITEREFAustralian_War_Memorial}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 December 2011 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |title=13th Light Horse Regiment |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10573.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224629/http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10573.asp |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John Martin Poyer]] relieved Lieutenant [[Charles Armijo Woodruff]] to become the 12th [[List of governors of American Samoa|naval governor of the American Samoa]].<ref>Government of American Samoa (2009)</ref>
* The Institute of Arbitrators was established in [[London]] (later renamed [[Chartered Institute of Arbitrators]]) to represent the interests of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners. The organization presently has 14,000 members in 130 countries.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cheng|first1=Chia-Jui|last2=Cheng|first2=Jiarui|title=Basic Documents on International Trade Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8FEiv2P2q0C&dq=1915&pg=PA795|edition=2nd|year=1990|publisher=Brill|isbn=185333359X|page=795}}</ref>
* The Fuji Minobu Railway extended the [[Minobu Line]] in the [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]] with station [[Shibakawa Station|Shibakawa]] serving the line.
* The [[Old Wan Chai Post Office]] opened on [[Queen's Road East]] in [[Hong Kong]], and remains the oldest surviving post office in the city. It was [[Declared monuments of Hong Kong|declared a Hong Kong monument]] in 1990.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_40.php Antiquities and Monuments Office – Old Wan Chai Post Office]</ref>

==[[March 2]], 1915 (Tuesday)==
[[File:HMS Canopus bombarding Turkish forts March 1915.jpg|thumb|250px|{{centre|{{HMS|Canopus|1897|6}} fires a salvo from her {{convert|12|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns against Ottoman forts in the Dardanelles.}}]]
* British battleship {{HMS|Canopus|1897|6}} joined in assault missions on the [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign|Dardanelles]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Burt |first=R.A. |year=1998 |title=British Battleships 1889–1904 |place=Annapolis, MD |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-061-0 |page=154}}</ref>
* [[1915 Vanceboro international bridge bombing]] — German saboteur Werner Horn was indicted by a [[Grand juries in the United States#Federal law|federal grand jury]] at the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]] for transporting explosives on a public train that were later used in an attempt to blow up the [[Saint Croix–Vanceboro Railway Bridge]] that crossed the U.S.-Canada border between [[New Brunswick]] and [[Maine]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strother| first1=French|title=Fighting Germany's Spies|date=2004|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|isbn=1-4179-3169-8|page=47}}</ref> He was sentenced to serve 18 months at the [[United States Penitentiary, Atlanta|Atlanta Federal Penitentiary]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] before he was extradited to [[Canada]] where he was tried for sabotage by the [[Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick]] in [[Fredericton]]. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve 10 years at [[Dorchester Penitentiary]] in [[New Brunswick]], but was deemed to be insane by prison authorities in 1921, whereby he was released and deported to [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/07/23/109816059.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=HORN INSANE IN PRISON; German Spy Who Tried to Dynamite Bridge to Be Deported | date=July 23, 1921}}</ref>
* The [[United States Motion Picture Corporation]] was established to produce film comedies, with its main office in Wilkes-Barre, [[New Jersey]] and its film studio in [[Forty Fort, Pennsylvania]]. The company produced 27 films that became known as the "Black Diamond Comedies" until 1919, after which the studio was sold to another film production company.<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Studio in Pennsylvania|journal=The Moving Picture World|date=August 14, 1915|page=1141}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Anthony Lewis (musician)|Anthony Lewis]], English composer and music educator, principal of [[Royal Academy of Music]] from 1968 to 1982 (d. [[1983]])

== [[March 3]], 1915 (Wednesday) ==
[[File:NACA seal (cropped).png|thumb|100px|{{center|Official seal for the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]].}}]]
* The [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]], the predecessor of [[NASA]], was founded in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/contents.htm |title=Engines and Innovation |last=Dawson |first=Virginia P. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031021516/https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/contents.htm|archive-date=2004-10-31}}</ref>
* [[Mount Mitchell State Park]] was established in [[Yancey County, North Carolina]], the first state park in that U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mount Mitchell State Park – History|url=http://www.ncparks.gov/mount-mitchell-state-park/history|website=NC State Parks|publisher=North Carolina State Parks}}</ref>
* The [[10th Bavarian Infantry Division]] and [[54th Infantry Division (German Empire)|54th Infantry Division]] of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] were established, and would see major action at [[Battle of Verdun|Verdun]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]] and [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]].<ref>[http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=186 50. Infanterie-Division – Der erste Weltkrieg]</ref>
* The [[Ocean to Ocean Bridge]] that spanned the [[Colorado River]] opened in [[Yuma, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.azdot.gov/docs/default-source/planning/long_inventory_forms_yuma.pdf?sfvrsn=2 | title=Historic Property Inventory Forms – Yuma Bridges | publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) | work=Inventory Records | date=31 October 2004 | access-date=27 August 2016 | author=State of Arizona}}</ref>
* The [[Great Western Railway]] closed the [[Oldbury railway station]] in [[Oldbury, West Midlands]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |place=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=177 }}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Manning Clark]], Australian historian, author of the six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987, in [[Sydney]] (d. [[1991]]); [[Wood B. Kyle]], American marine corps officer, commander of the [[1st Battalion, 2nd Marines]] during [[World War II]] and [[3rd Marine Division]] during the [[Vietnam War]], two-time recipient of the [[Silver Star]], [[Legion of Merit]], and [[Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)|Distinguished Service Medal]], in [[Pecos, Texas]] (d. [[2000]])

==[[March 4]], 1915 (Thursday)==
* Sessions for the [[64th United States Congress]] began in [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |last = U.S. Senate |year = 2006 |url = https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm |title = Statistics and Lists |access-date = 2006-06-01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060601011043/http://senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm |archive-date= 1 June 2006 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* Admiral [[Sackville Carden]] of the [[Royal Navy]] cabled [[Winston Churchill]], [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], with revised plans at Churchill's request with an objective for the Mediterranean British fleet to reach [[Constantinople]] in 14 days.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fromkin |first=David |author-link=David Fromkin |title=[[A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East]]|date=1989|publisher=Henry Holt and Co.|place=New York |isbn=0-8050-0857-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/peacetoendallpea0000from/page/11 11–12]}}</ref>
* The third German attempt to bomb [[England]] using airships failed when a lone naval Zeppelin encountered a [[gale]] over the [[North Sea]] and was blown out of control over [[Nieuwpoort, Belgium]] where Belgian [[anti-aircraft warfare|antiaircraft gunners]] shot her down.<ref>Whitehouse, Arch, ''The Zeppelin Fighters'', New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 76</ref>
* German submarine {{ship|SM|U-8}} was scuttled by the crew after it was ensnared by nets in the [[English Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A symbol of friendship and reconcilation(sic)...|url=http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-symbol-of-friendship-and-reconcilation.html|publisher=[[Maritime and Coastguard Agency]]|access-date=18 June 2015|date=17 June 2015}}</ref>
* The [[Zeppelin]] airship ''[[LZ 37]]'' began flying for the [[Imperial German Navy]] on bombing raids throughout 1915. It was downed in February 1916 by a British fighter plane.<ref>{{cite book |last = Stephenson |first = Charles |title = Zeppelins: German Airships 1900–40 |publisher = Osprey |place = Oxford |year = 2004 |isbn = 1841766925 |page=16}}</ref>
* The U.S. Government passed the [[Seamen's Act]] to preserve the security and safety of workers in the merchant shipping industry, but its ineffectiveness lead to the [[Merchant Marine Act of 1920|Merchant Marine Act]] in 1920.<ref>*{{Cite web| last =Marquis| first =Greg| title =Review of E. Kay Gibson, 'Brutality on trial: Hellfire Pedersen, Fighting Hansen, and the Seamen's Act of 1915'| publisher =University of Maryland| url =http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/gibson0107.htm| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151726/http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/gibson0107.htm| archive-date =2011-06-07}}</ref>
* The [[Hardinge Bridge]] officially opened for rail crossings over the [[Padma River]] in [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]]). Named after [[Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Baron Hardinge]], who was [[Governor-General of India]] at the time, the bridge spans {{convert|1.8|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite journal| author=Coleman, F. C.| title=Hardinge Bridge Over the Lower Ganges in India| volume=73| number=24| journal=Engineering News | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOcRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1160| pages=1160–64| date=17 June 1915| access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
* The [[Yukon]] Territory in [[Canada]] held a [[1915 Yukon general election|general election]] for 10 seats on the [[Yukon Territorial Council]].<ref>Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897–1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999.</ref>

==[[March 5]], 1915 (Friday)==
* [[Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf]] — French forces staged renewed attacks on German defenses on the [[Hartmannswillerkopf]] summit on the French-German border, running one German position but stopped by new German defense lines close to the summit. The Germans counterattacked but were repulsed, sustaining 200 casualties in the process. A second attack two days later also failed the push the French off the mountain.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Slater|first1=Tim|title=The Battle for the Hartmannswillerkopf February – April 1915|url=http://tim-slater.blogspot.ca/2011/10/battle-for-hartmannswillerkopf-february.html|website=Military History|publisher=Tim Slater|access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
* The [[56th Infantry Division (German Empire)|56th Infantry Division]] of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] was established and fought key battles on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] including [[Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive]].<ref>[http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=189 56.Infanterie-Division]</ref>
* British destroyer {{HMS|Tipperary|1915|6}} was launched by [[J. Samuel White]] at [[East Cowes]], [[Isle of Wight]]. It served for one year before being sunk in the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Supplement to the Monthly Navy List showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: II.—Harwich Force |journal=The Navy List |date=June 1915 |page=13 |url= http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=91970194}}</ref>
* '''Died:''' [[Thomas R. Bard]], American politician, U.S. Senator for [[California]] from 1900 to 1905 (b. [[1841]]); [[Jim Donnelly (baseball)|Jim Donnelly]], American baseball player, [[third baseman]] for the [[Washington Nationals (1886–1889)|Washington Nationals]], [[Kansas City Cowboys (National League)|Kansas City Cowboys]], and the [[Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)|Baltimore Orioles]] from 1884 to 1899 (b. [[1865]])

== [[March 6]], 1915 (Saturday) ==
* British destroyers HMS {{HMS|Louis|1913|3=2}} and {{HMS|Laverock|1913|3=2}} were assigned to escort [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] to [[Liverpool]], but when the ships tried to contact ''Lusitania'' by radio, Captain Daniel Dow only gave his position by code and continued to Liverpool unescorted.<ref>Preston, D. (2002) ''Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy''. New York: Walker & Company. pp. 76–7</ref>
* The [[52nd Infantry Division (German Empire)|52nd Infantry]] and [[58th Infantry Division (German Empire)|58th Infantry Divisions]] of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] were established to fight on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], although the 58th was transferred to the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] to participate in the [[Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive]].<ref>''Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914–1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919,'' (1920)</ref> 
* British racing driver [[Dario Resta]] won his second racing championship title of 1915 in the 10th running of the [[Vanderbilt Cup]] at [[San Francisco]] while driving a [[Peugeot|Peugeot EX3]].<ref>{{cite web| title=1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race| url=http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/races/story/1915_vanderbilt_cup_race|website=Vanderbilt Cup Races| publisher=Vanderbilt Cup Races| access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Per Vilhelm Brüel]], Danish physicist, leading researcher on sound and co-founder of electronics company [[Brüel & Kjær]], in [[Copenhagen]] (d. [[2015]]); [[Friedrich Guggenberger]], German naval officer, commander of [[U-boat]] {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} when it sank British aircraft carrier {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}}, recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]], in [[Munich]] (d. [[1988]])
* '''Born:''' [[Pete Gray]], American baseball player, [[left fielder]] of the [[History of the St. Louis Browns|St. Louis Browns]] in 1945, first player with one arm to compete in professional baseball, in [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania]] (d. [[2002]]); [[Bob Swift]], American baseball player, [[catcher]] for the [[History of the St. Louis Browns|St. Louis Browns]], [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] and [[Detroit Tigers]] from 1940 to 1953, [[1945 World Series]] champion, in [[Salina, Kansas]] (d. [[1966]])

==[[March 7]], 1915 (Sunday)==
* British [[collier (ship type)|collier]] {{SS|Bengrove||2}} was sunk by torpedo in the [[Bristol Channel]] {{convert|5|nmi|km}} northeast of [[Ilfracombe]], [[Devon]], [[England]] by {{ship|SM|U-20|Germany|6}}, with all 33 crew rescued.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE4D91238E633A2575AC0A9659C946496D6CF |title= THOUSANDS ON SHORE SEE SHIP BLOWN UP |access-date=2007-10-19 |work=The New York Times |date=1915-03-09}}</ref>
* German noble [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Bernhard III]] established the [[Cross for Merit in War]] medal for officers that displayed outstanding merit in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medal-medaille.com/sold/product_info.php?cPath=274&products_id=2655 |title=SAXE-MEININGEN. Honour Medal for Merit in War, 1914–1915, bronze, on combatant's ribbon (SACHSEN-MEININGEN. Ehrenmedaille für Verdienste im Kriege, 1914–1915, Bronze, am Kämpferband) |publisher=Medal-medaille.com |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] from 1969 to 1972, in [[Paris]] (d. [[2000]]); [[Johannes Wiese]], German air force officer, commander of ''[[Jagdgeschwader 52]]'' and ''[[Jagdgeschwader 77]]'' for the [[Luftwaffe]] during [[World War II]], recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]], in [[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[German Empire]] (now [[Poland]]) (d. [[1991]])

==[[March 8]], 1915 (Monday)==
* [[Santa Fe Depot (San Diego)|San Diego Union Station]] officially opened, ushering in a new era of rail transport for the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duke |first=Donald |year=1995 |title=Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West |place=San Marino, CA |publisher=Golden West Books |isbn=0-8709-5110-6 |page=245}}</ref>
* British pilot [[Eric Gordon England]] flew the prototype for the [[White & Thompson Bognor Bloater]] reconnaissance plane, which was used in 1915 by the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] for training and coastal patrols.<ref>{{cite book |last=Goodall |first=Michael H |year=1995 |title=The Norman Thompson File |place=Tunbridge Wells |publisher=Air Britain |isbn=0-85130-233-5 |pages=39–43 }}</ref>
* [[New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1]] was established as the first [[New York City Fire Department]] unit designed for specialized rescue operations. The company lost half of its crew when the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] North Tower collapsed during the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2015/030815a.shtml | title = Rescue 1 Celebrates 100 Years | date = 2015-03-08 | publisher = Fire Department of New York | access-date = 2015-04-28 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20150428072342/http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2015/030815a.shtml | archive-date = 2015-04-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* The [[Princess Theatre (Edmonton)|Princess Theatre]] opened in [[Edmonton]] with 660 seats and the largest live performance stage in a cinema west of [[Winnipeg]]. It is the oldest surviving movie theater in the city.<ref>"Princess Theatre Royally Opened" (1915)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tingley |first=Ken |title=The Best of the Strathcona Plaindealer |year=1999 |publisher=Pioneer Press Ltd. |place=Edmonton, Alberta |isbn=0-9694688-1-4 |pages=263}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Tapio Rautavaara]], Finnish field athlete, gold medalist at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], in [[Nokia, Finland]] (d. [[1979]])

== [[March 9]], 1915 (Tuesday) ==
* The German [[11th Army (German Empire)|11th Army]] was established, initially for the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] was soon transferred to the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] where it took part in the [[Serbian campaign of World War I|Serbian Campaign]]. The army was dissolved briefly in September before it was reformed, and permanently dissolved in 1919.<ref>{{cite book|last = Cron|first = Hermann|year = 2002|title = Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle|orig-year =1937|publisher = Helion & Co.|isbn = 1-874622-70-1|page = 81}}</ref>
* The cargo ship SS ''Aberdon'' was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[St Abb's Head]], [[Berwickshire]], [[Scotland]] by German submarine {{SMU|U-12|Germany|6}} with the loss of fifteen crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7396.html |title=Aberdon |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref>
* German astronomer [[Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth]] discovered [[799 Gudula]], a minor planet, at the [[Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg Observatory]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000 | work = Discovery Circumstances | publisher = IAU Minor Planet center | url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html | access-date= 2013-04-07}}</ref> 
* '''Born:''' [[Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)|Johnnie Johnson]], British air force pilot, commander of [[British Forces Aden|Air Forces Middle East]] from 1963 to 1965, recipient of the [[Order of the British Empire]], [[Order of the Bath]], [[Legion of Honour]], and [[Legion of Merit]], in [[Barrow upon Soar]], [[England]] (d. [[2001]]); [[Francisco Matos Paoli]], Puerto Rican poet and politician, nominee of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], leader of the [[Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico]], in [[Lares, Puerto Rico]] (d. [[2000]])

== [[March 10]], 1915 (Wednesday) ==
* [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] — Four divisions of [[I Corps (British India)|Indian Corps]] troops managed to force a hole in German defenses at [[Neuve-Chapelle]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edmonds |first1=J.E. |last2=Wynne |first2=G.C. |year=1927 |title=Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915: Winter 1914–15 Battle of Neuve Chapelle: Battles of Ypres. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence I (Imperial War Museum) |place=London |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0-89839-218-7 |pages=93–94 |edition=1995 Battery Press}}</ref>
* In retaliation for sinking merchant ship ''Aberdon'', German submarine {{Ship|SM|U-12|Germany|2}} was shelled by [[Royal Navy]] ships {{HMS|Ariel|1911|2}} and {{HMS|Attack|1911|2}} then rammed by {{HMS|Acheron|1911|2}} in the [[North Sea]] off [[Eyemouth]], [[Berwickshire]], [[Scotland]]. The sub sank with the loss of 19 of her 29 crew.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1965217.0.German_Uboat_sunk_90_years_ago_found_after_fiveyear_search.php |title=German U-boat sunk 90 years ago found after five-year search |first=Robert |last=Fairborn |date=2008-01-15 |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |access-date=2008-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118140553/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1965217.0.German_Uboat_sunk_90_years_ago_found_after_fiveyear_search.php |archive-date=2008-01-18 }}</ref>
* The [[50th Infantry Division (German Empire)|50th Infantry Division]] of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] was established, and would be heavily engaged in battles at [[Battle of Verdun|Verdun]] and [[Second Battle of the Aisne|Aisne]].<ref>[http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=186 50. Infanterie-Division – Der erste Weltkrieg]</ref>
* The choral composition ''[[All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff)|All-Night Vigil]]'' by Russian composer [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] was first performed by the [[Moscow Synodal Choir]] in [[Moscow]] as part of a benefit for the Russian [[World War I|war effort]].<ref>Sergei Bertensson, Jay Leyda, Sophia Satina, ''Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music'', Indiana University Press, 2001, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KM-dgfOaIIkC&dq=rachmaninoff+vespers&pg=PR32 p. 192]</ref> 
* '''Born:''' [[Charles Groves]], English conductor, musical director for the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] from 1963 to 1967 and the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1967 to 1992, in [[London]] (d. [[1992]])
* '''Died:''' [[Charles T. Hinde]], American industrialist, co-founder of the [[Hotel del Coronado]] in [[San Diego]] (b. [[1832]])

==[[March 11]], 1915 (Thursday)==
[[File:Polk and Posey War March 1915.jpg|thumb|300px|Prisoners of the [[Bluff War]] in [[Thompson Springs, Utah|Thompson, Utah]], waiting to board a train for their trial in [[Salt Lake City]].]]
* British [[armed merchantman|armed merchant cruiser]] {{HMS|Bayano|1913|6}} was sunk in the [[North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)|North Channel]] off the coast of [[Scotland]] by a German [[U-boat]] {{SMU|U-27|Germany|2}}. About 200 crew were lost, with a number of bodies being washed up on the [[Isle of Man]]. Only 26 men were saved.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Willie |date=2015-03-12 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-31821949 |title=Centenary of HMS Bayano disaster off the Galloway coast |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2015-03-24}}</ref>
* The [[Royal Navy]] converted [[cargo ship]] ''Manica'' into the first British [[balloon carrier|balloon ship]], {{HMS|Manica}}, the only navy during [[World War I]] to design ships that handled [[observation balloon]]s.<ref>"Layman, R.D. 1989, p. 73</ref>
* German [[Armed merchantman#auxiliary cruisier|auxiliary cruiser]] SMS {{SS|Prinz Eitel Friedrich|1904|2}} reached port in [[Newport News, Virginia]] to be interned after its engine began to wear out, as the [[United States]] was still neutral during [[World War I]]. The ship spent the last seven months in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic]] and sank 11 ships.<ref>{{cite book |last=Halpern |first=Paul G |year=1994 |title=Naval History of World War I |place=London |publisher=U.C.L.P. |isbn=1-85728-295-7 |edition=2nd hardcover printing; 1st paperback printing |page=72}}</ref>
* [[Bluff War]] — One of the last official armed conflicts between the [[United States]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] ended when two [[Southern Paiute people|Paiute]] chiefs willfully surrendered to the [[United States Army]] in [[Bluff, Utah]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Young|first1=Richard K.|title=The Ute Indians of Colorado in the twentieth century|date=1997|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=0-8061-2968-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780806129686/page/62 62]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780806129686/page/62}}</ref>
* The first [[Queen carnival]] was held in [[Whanganui]], [[New Zealand]] as a fundraiser for veteran soldiers.<ref>Wanganui Items, Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, 11 March 1914, p. 7</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Vijay Hazare]], Indian cricketer, [[batsman]] for the [[India national cricket team]] from 1946 to 1953, and for clubs including the [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team]] from 1934 to 1961, in [[Sangli]], [[British India]] (d. [[2004]]); [[J. C. R. Licklider]], American computer scientist, developed the concept of [[interactive computing]] that laid the groundwork for the [[Internet]], in [[St. Louis]] (d. [[1990]])
* '''Died:''' [[Thomas Alexander Browne]], Australian writer, author of ''[[Robbery Under Arms]]'' and ''[[A Modern Buccaneer]]'' (b. [[1826]])

==[[March 12]], 1915 (Friday)==
[[File:Ian Hamilton.jpg|thumb|150px|{{centre|General [[Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)|Ian Hamilton]].}}]]
* Field Marshal [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Herbert Kitchener]] appointed General [[Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)|Ian Hamilton]] to command an [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] force of 78,000 men to assault [[Gallipoli]] near the [[Dardanelles]] and open a third front against the [[Central Powers]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Baldwin |first=Hanson |year=1962 |title=World War I: An Outline History |place=London |publisher=Hutchinson |oclc= 793915761 |page=60}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] — German forces counter-attacked at [[Neuve-Chapelle]], [[France]] and while they were unable to recapture territory, their attacks further disrupted uncoordinated British actions to supply troops with ammunition and supplies.<ref>Edmonds & Wynne 1927, pp. 147–149</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Alberto Burri]], Italian artist, member of the [[Neo-Dada]] and [[Arte Povera]] movements in [[Italy]], in [[Città di Castello]], [[Italy]] (d. [[1995]]); [[Heinrich Setz]], German air force officer, commander of ''[[Jagdgeschwader 77]]'' and ''[[Jagdgeschwader 27]]'' for the [[Luftwaffe]] during [[World War II]], recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]], in [[Kronach]], [[Germany]] (d. [[1943]], killed in action)
* '''Died:''' [[Laura Spelman Rockefeller]], American matriarch of the [[Rockefeller family]], wife to [[John D. Rockefeller]] (b. [[1839]])

==[[March 13]], 1915 (Saturday)==
* [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] — Ineffective supply lines to arm front line troops forced British command to postpone an offensive and ultimately abandon the plan two days later, ending the battle.<ref>Edmonds & Wynne 1927, pp. 147–149</ref>
* A British mine-sweeping squadron led by cruiser {{HMS|Amethyst|1903|6}} under command of Commodore [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes|Roger Keyes]] attempted to clear minefields around the [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign|Dardanelles]] but shore bombardments from the Ottomans forced them to back off.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlyon|first=Les|title=Gallipoli|publisher=Bantam|year=2003|isbn=978-0553815061|pages=83–84}}</ref>
* [[Twenty-One Demands]] — [[United States Secretary of State]] [[William Jennings Bryan]] issued a letter revealing the American government's concerns over Japan's rejection of the [[Open Door Policy]] and further encroachments on Chinese sovereignty.<ref>Walter LaFeber, ''The Clash: US-Japanese Relations Throughout History'' (1998) pp 106–16</ref>
* An ongoing feud between [[Oregon]] river boat companies Myrtle Point Transportation Company and Coquille River Company continued when Myrtle Point steamboat ''[[Telegraph (1914 sternwheeler)|Telegraph]]'' collided with Coquille River steamboat ''Charm'' in [[Coquille, Oregon|Coquille City]] port. The crew of the ''Charm'' claimed they made audible warning to ''Telegraph'' before the collision, but the crew of the other denied such warnings were heard. ''Charm'' was laid up for three days for repairs before returning to service.<ref>"Rival River Boats Have a Collision", ''Bandon Recorder'', March 16, 1915, p. 1, col. 3</ref>
* '''Died:''' [[Sergei Witte]], Russian state leader, first [[Prime Minister of Russia]] (b. [[1849]])

== [[March 14]], 1915 (Sunday) ==
[[Image:SMS Dresden before scuttling.jpg|thumb|300px|''Dresden'', flying a white flag, moments prior to her scuttling|alt=A large ship at anchor close to the shoreline, tall mountains directly behind the ship]]
* [[Battle of Más a Tierra]] — Off the coast of [[Chile]], the British [[Royal Navy]] forced the Imperial German Navy [[light cruiser]] {{SMS|Dresden|1907|6}} to scuttle, effectively destroying the German [[East Asia Squadron]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Delgado |first = James P. |author-link = James Delgado |year = 2004 |title = Adventures of a Sea Hunter |publisher = [[Douglas & McIntyre]] |place = Vancouver |pages = 172–174 |isbn = 1-55365-071-9}}</ref>
* [[Constantinople Agreement]] — [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]], [[French Third Republic|France]] and the [[Russian Empire]] agreed to give [[Constantinople]] and the [[Bosporus]] to Russia in case of victory (the treaty was later nullified by the [[October Revolution]] in Russia in 1917).<ref>''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations: A-E'', Ed. Cathal J. Nolan, (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002), 350.</ref>
* [[1915 Chilean parliamentary election|Parliamentary elections]] were held in [[Chile]] with the [[Conservative Party (Chile)|Conservative Party]] receiving the most votes in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile]].<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D.]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p.269 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}}</ref>
* After having no better luck in securing a ship to Europe, stranded German marines from the defunct {{SMS|Emden}} returned to the Arabian port of [[Al Hudaydah|Hodeida]] and hired two [[sambuk]] sailboats to travel up the Arabian coast.<ref>{{cite book |last=Carlton |first=Mike |year=2013 |title=First Victory: 1914 |place= Australia |publisher=William Heinemann |isbn=978-1-74275-763-6 |page=327}}</ref>
* [[Ross Sea party]] — The polar ship {{ship|SY|Aurora||2}} arrived at [[McMurdo Sound]] in the [[Antarctic]] where it was to anchor for the winter while waiting for the sledge parties to return from their supply depot set-ups for the main [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Bickel |first = Lennard |year = 2001 |title = Shackleton's Forgotten Men |place = London |publisher = Pimlico Original |isbn = 0-7126-6807-1 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/shackletonsforgo00lenn/page/69 69–70] |url = https://archive.org/details/shackletonsforgo00lenn/page/69}}</ref>
* American aviator [[Lincoln Beachey]] was killed in an airplane crash in front of a crowd of 50,000 at the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in [[San Francisco]]. Beachey miscalculated his height during a stunt over [[San Francisco Bay]] and plunged into the water where he drowned.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beachey Killed in a Taube Drop |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E2DC153AE633A25756C1A9659C946496D6CF |work=[[The New York Times]] |date= March 15, 1915 |access-date=2009-08-26 }}</ref>
* The first edition of the British daily tabloid ''Sunday Pictorial'' was published in [[London]]. The paper's name was changed in 1963 to its present name ''[[Sunday Mirror]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2011/aug/12/abcs-national-newspapers1 |title=ABCs |work=The Guardian |place=London |access-date =24 September 2011 |date=12 August 2011}} (July 2011)</ref>
* The [[Renwick Generating Plant]] began producing power for [[Renwick, Iowa]]. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/95000099.PDF|title=Renwick Generating Plant|access-date=2016-01-29|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Stanley McCurry}}</ref> 
* '''Born:''' [[Roy Kellerman]], American special agent, member of the [[United States Secret Service]] team when President [[John F. Kennedy]] was assassinated, in [[Macomb County, Michigan]] (d. [[1984]])
* '''Died:''' [[Walter Crane]], English artist, known for his illustrations for classic children's literature including the [[William Morris]] fantasy ''[[The Story of the Glittering Plain]]'' and [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[The Happy Prince and Other Tales]]'' (b. [[1845]])

== [[March 15]], 1915 (Monday) ==
* [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] opened [[Universal City, California|Universal City]] on 230-acre ranch in the [[San Fernando Valley]], the site of the current [[Universal Studios Lot]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Universal Studios Lot - About|url=http://www.universalstudioslot.com/about-us|website=UniversalStudiosLot.com|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Madeleine|title=Your Complete Guide to Everything Owned by Comcast|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/article/your-complete-guide-to-everything-owned-by-comcast-cm615010|website=Nasdaq|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref>
* The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, later known as the [[Monon Railroad]], acquired control of the Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monon.org/tdimh.html|title=This day in Monon history|last=Smith|first=Cecil J.|publisher=Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society|year=2006|access-date=March 15, 2007}}</ref>
* Rail stations [[Bingham Road railway station|Bingham Road]], [[Deptford railway station|Deptford]], [[Southwark Park railway station|Southwark Park]], [[Spa Road railway station|Spa]], and [[Spencer Road Halt railway station|Spencer Road]] were closed in [[England]] as part of wartime measures.<ref>Butt 1995, pp. 34, 78</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Ronald Henry George |year=1986 |title=London's First Railway: The London and Greenwich |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3r9IAAAAYAAJ |publisher=B.T. Batsford Limited |isbn=978-0-7134-5414-7 |page=242}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Skinner |first= M.W.G. |year= 1985 |title= Croydon's Railways |place = Southampton |publisher= Kingfisher Railway Productions |page= 23 |isbn= 0-946184-14-3}}</ref>
* [[Gem County, Idaho]] was established with its county seat in [[Emmett, Idaho|Emmett]].<ref>[http://www.idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/gem.html Idaho.gov – Gem County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126071311/http://www.idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/gem.html |date=2005-11-26 }} – accessed 2011-12-10</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Laurent Schwartz]], French mathematician, pioneered the [[theory]] of [[distribution (mathematics)|distributions]], in [[Paris]] (d. [[2002 in science|2002]]); [[Robert E. Stiemke]], American engineer, director of the [[Georgia Tech Research Institute]] from 1961 to 1963 (d. [[1979]])
* '''Born:''' [[Carl Emil Schorske]], American historian, recipient for the [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]] for ''[[Fin-de-siècle Vienna]]'', a study on modern European history, in [[New York City]] (d. [[2015]]); [[Benjamin Steinberg (conductor)|Benjamin Steinberg]], American conductor, founder of the [[Symphony of the New World]], in [[Baltimore]] (d. [[1974]]) 
* '''Died:''' [[George Llewelyn Davies]], English soldier, inspiration for the "Lost Boys" of ''[[Peter Pan]]'' (killed in action) (b. [[1893]])

== [[March 16]], 1915 (Tuesday) ==
* Admiral [[Sackville Carden]] resigned from his command of the [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign|Dardanelles Campaign]] due to failing health and was replaced with Vice-Admiral [[John de Robeck]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Heathcote |first=Tony |title=The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995 |publisher=Pen & Sword Ltd |year=2002 |isbn=0-85052-835-6|page=66}}</ref>
* The [[17th Battalion (Australia)|17th]], [[18th Battalion (Australia)|18th]], [[20th Battalion (Australia)|20th]], [[25th Battalion (Australia)|25th]], and [[27th Battalion (Australia)|27th Battalions]] of the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] were established for the planned [[Gallipoli campaign]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11204.asp |title=17th Battalion |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=15 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511034336/http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11204.asp |archive-date=11 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=18th Battalion |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11205.asp |website=First World War, 1914–1918 units. |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11207.asp|title=20th Battalion |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units|publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=4 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://secure.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11212.asp |title=25th Battalion |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081511/http://secure.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11212.asp |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11214.asp| title=27th Battalion |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=17 March 2010}}</ref>
* [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[battleship]] {{USS|Pennsylvania|BB-38|2}} was launched by [[Newport News Shipbuilding]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]]. It would stay out of [[World War I]] but play a major role during the [[Pacific War]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pennsylvania-ii.html |title=Pennsylvania III (Battleship No. 38) |work=[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] |publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]] |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
* A report of the collision between [[Oregon]] river boats ''[[Telegraph (1914 sternwheeler)|Telegraph]]'' and ''Charm'' reached the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service office in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1915-03-17/ed-1/seq-14/ |title=River Boats Crash |newspaper=The Morning Oregonian |date=March 17, 1915 |at= p. 14, col. 1}}</ref>
* The men's fraternity for [[mechanical engineering]] students [[Pi Tau Sigma]] was established at [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]]. Another fraternity with the same Greek letters was formed independently later that year, and the two merged to form a national collegiate in 1916.<ref>Griggs, Edwin I., ed. The Story of Pit Tau Sigma. 1993.</ref>
* The [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury]] approved the final design and production of the $1 and $50 [[Panama–Pacific commemorative coins|commemorative coins]] by for the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Burdette |first=Roger W. |year=2007 |title=Renaissance of American Coinage, 1909–1915 |place= Great Falls, VA |publisher=Seneca Mill Press |isbn=978-0-9768986-2-7 |pages=281–288}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Ormond R. Simpson]], American marine officer, commander of the [[1st Marine Division]] during the [[Vietnam War]], two-time recipient of the [[Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)|Distinguished Service Medal]] and four-time recipient of the [[Legion of Merit]], in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] (d. [[1998]])

==[[March 17]], 1915 (Wednesday)==
* The [[Imperial German Army]] attempted its first [[airship]] raid against [[Great Britain]] but could not locate targets to drop bombs due to cloud cover.<ref>Whitehouse 1966, p. 76</ref>
* Four French soldiers with the rank of [[corporal]] were [[Souain corporals affair|executed by firing squad]] at [[Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus]], [[France]] after convicted by courts-martial on charges on insubordination against General [[Géraud Réveilhac]]. Critics of the affair argued the charges were made through a "kangaroo court" and the men were scapegoated for the leadership failings of the [[French Army]] senior staff. All four soldiers were later pardoned posthumously. The incident later inspired the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Paths of Glory]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lesseptembriseurs.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/ganache-du-mois-reveilhac.html| author=Kléber| date=30 November 2009| title=Ganache month: Réveilhac| work=Les Septembriseurs| language=fr| access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref>
* While sailing up the Arabian coast, a [[sambuk]] carrying German marines from the lost {{SMS|Emden}} grounded on a coral reef and sank with no lost crew. However, it forced marine commander [[Hellmuth von Mücke]] to hire a larger vessel when the group reached [[Al Qunfudhah]]. They sailed to [[Al Lith]], where one of the Germans died from [[typhus]].<ref>Carlton, ''First Victory'', p. 327</ref> 
* The men's fraternity for biological students [[Phi Sigma]] was established at [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Phi Sigma Society – About Us| url=http://www.phisigmasociety.org/WebSiteNew/AboutUs.htm| website=Phi Sigma Society| publisher=Phi Sigma Society| access-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>
* The [[association football]] club [[FC Yambol|Yambol]] was established in [[Yambol]], [[Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History | url=http://tundja1915.dir.bg/ |website=FC Tunja Yambol 1915 |access-date=13 September 2019 |language=bg}}</ref>
* The [[Canyon Diablo Bridge]] opened to traffic in [[Coconino County, Arizona]]. It was replaced in 1938 by the [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate 40 bridge]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Canyon Diablo Bridge | publisher = National Park Service | date = September 30, 1988 | url = https://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail?assetID=6bd63f2c-5707-41f8-85fc-dfd443e924dd}}</ref>
* The town of [[Bentley, Alberta]] was incorporated.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=BasicReport&MunicipalityType=TOWN&stakeholder=24&profileType=HIST | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Bentley | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | date=2012-07-27 | access-date=2012-08-01}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Hans Namuth]], German-American photographer, best known for his portraits including artist [[Jackson Pollock]], in [[Essen]], [[Germany]] (d. [[1990]]); [[Bill Roycroft]], Australian equestrian, Olympics gold medal winner at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], and bronze medal winner at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics]], in [[Melbourne]] (d. [[2011]]); [[Gale W. McGee]], US politician, Senator for [[Wyoming]] from 1959 to 1977, in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] (d. [[1992]])

==[[March 18]], 1915 (Thursday)==
[[File:HMS Irresistible abandoned 18 March 1915.jpg|thumb|200px|{{centre|{{HMS|Irresistible|1898|6}} abandoned and sinking.}}]]
* [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign]] failed when three [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] ships struck mines and sank, including the French battleship [[French battleship Bouvet|''Bouvet'']] with the loss of 660 of her 710 crew, British battleship {{HMS|Irresistible|1898|6}} with the loss of about 150 of her 780 crew, and {{HMS|Ocean|1898|6}} which had the fortune of having most of her crew rescued. French battleship {{ship|French battleship|Gaulois||2}} was luckier; she was beached after striking a mine but was refloated on 22 March. She was repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Account of the battle|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/2/gallipoli/pdf_files/Galnaval.pdf|website=Imperial War Museum|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[Royal Navy]] battleship {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}} sank {{SMU|U-29|Germany|2}} with all 32 crew aboard in the [[Pentland Firth]] by ramming her, the only time this tactic was known to have been successfully used by a battleship.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=29 |title=U-29 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=29 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[Royal Navy]] [[battleship]] {{HMS|Malaya||2}} was launched by [[Armstrong Whitworth]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[England]] and would service in the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Burt |first=R.A. |year=1986 |title=British Battleships of World War One |place=Annapolis, MD |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-863-8 |pages=251–257}}</ref>
* Russian fighter pilot [[Alexander Kazakov]] used a [[grappling hook|grapnel]] to hook his aircraft to a German [[Albatros Flugzeugwerke|Albatros]] two-seater aircraft in mid-air, hoping to destroy the Albatros by detonating a small bomb fixed to the grapnel. When the grapnel mechanism jammed as he unreeled it, Kazakov opted to down the Albatros by ramming it with his undercarriage.<ref>{{cite book |last=Franks |first=Norman |year=1998 |title=Aircraft vs. Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat From 1914 to the Present Day |place=London |publisher=Grub Street |isbn=1-902304-04-7 |page=11}}</ref>
* The [[Burrell Memorial Hospital]] opened in [[Roanoke, Virginia]]. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2003.<ref name=register>{{cite web |title=Virginia Landmarks Register |url= http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources |access-date=19 March 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://theroanoker.com/articles/one-year-in-roanoke%3A-1913/ |title=One Year in Roanoke: 1915 |author=Historical Society of Western Virginia |date=1 May 2011 |website=TheRoanoker.com}}</ref><ref>Chittum, Matt. 2017. Roanoke Times. "Death of Doctor Led to Hospital."[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930723037 Discover History & Heritage]. August 2017. Pages 78-81.</ref>
* The town of [[Verónica, Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] was established.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Verónica |url=http://www.puntaindio.gov.ar/t_veronica.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419183401/http://www.puntaindio.gov.ar/t_veronica.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2007 |website=Wayback Machine |access-date=17 September 2019 |language=es}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Richard Condon]], American novelist, author of ''[[The Manchurian Candidate]]'', in [[New York City]] (d. [[1996 in literature|1996]])

==[[March 19]], 1915 (Friday)==
* The [[Defence of India Act 1915|Defence of India Act]] was enacted to provide the colonial government in [[British Raj|British India]] wide-spread powers to enforce criminal law, especially in curtailing nationalist and revolutionary activities in the country during and after [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Horniman |first=B.G. |author-link=B. G. Horniman |year=1984 |title=British Administration & The Amritsar Massacre |place=Delhi |publisher=Mittal Publications |oclc=12553945 |page=44}}</ref>
* [[Pluto]] was photographed for the first time but was not classified as a [[planet]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hoyt |first=William G |year=1976 |title=W. H. Pickering's Planetary Predictions and the Discovery of Pluto |journal=Isis |volume=4 |issue=67 |pages=551–564 |doi=10.1086/351668 |oclc=230561 |pmid=794024 |s2cid=26512655}}</ref>
* The [[Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol]] was established along with the [[Uruguayan Basketball Championship]] series under the governing body of the [[Uruguayan Basketball Federation]] (formed the same year). It was replaced by the [[Liga Uruguaya de Basketball]] in 2003 while retaining the championship series.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 years of the Uruguayan Basketball Federation | url=http://www.fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4.asp?r=1D9737EA5A334F11A57E465A8A135BB6 |website=FIBA Americas |access-date=13 September 2019 | language=es}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Gordon Brettell]], British air force officer, member of [[No. 92 Squadron RAF|No. 92 Squadron]] and of the escape team from the German [[prisoner of war|POW]] camp [[Stalag Luft III]] during [[World War II]], in [[Chertsey]], [[England]] (d. [[1944]], executed); [[Sam Lesser]], British journalist and soldier, member of the [[International Brigades]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and reporter for the ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'', in [[London]] (d. [[2010]]); [[Patricia Morison]], US actress and singer, best known for lead title roles in ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' and ''[[The King and I]]'', in [[New York City]] (d. 2018); [[Norman Yardley]], English cricketer, [[batting (cricket)|batsman]] for the [[England cricket team]] from 1938 to 1950, and the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] from 1938 to 1952, in [[Gawber]], [[England]] (d. [[1989]])
* '''Died:''' [[Alice Haldeman]], US philanthropist, founder of the [[Girard Public Library]] and first US woman to be president of a bank (State Bank of Girard), sister to feminist leader [[Jane Addams]] and mother to feminist [[Anna Marcet Haldeman]] (b. [[1853]])

==[[March 20]], 1915 (Saturday)==
* The [[3rd Mounted Division|3rd]] and [[4th Mounted Division]]s of the [[British Army]] were established.<ref>{{cite book |last = Becke |first = Major A.F. |year = 1936 |title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56) |place = London |publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office |isbn = 1-871167-12-4 |pages=25, 30}}</ref>
* The [[Puławy Legion]] of the [[Imperial Russian Army]] was established as a counteract against the [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]].<ref>{{in lang|pl}} Jacek Woyno, [http://www.caw.wp.mil.pl/biuletyn/b25/b25_6.pdf MATERIAŁY ARCHIWALNE DO DZIEJÓW POLSKICH FORMACJI WOJSKOWYCH W ROSJI (19141920)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233240/http://www.caw.wp.mil.pl/biuletyn/b25/b25_6.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}, BIULETYN Nr 25 WOJSKOWEJ SŁUŻBY ARCHIWALNEJ 2002</ref>
* German cruiser {{SMS|Frankfurt}} was launched by [[Kaiserliche Werft Kiel]] in [[Kiel]], Germany, and would participate the following year in the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gröner |first=Erich |year=1990 |title=German Warships: 1815–1945 |place=Annapolis, MD |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-790-9 |pages=111–112}}</ref>
* Torpedo boat ''87 F'' was launched by [[Ganz Works]] in [[Fiume]], [[Austria-Hungary]] to serve in the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]]. After [[World War I]], the newly formed [[Yugoslavia]] purchased the ship and renamed it ''[[Yugoslav torpedo boat T5|T5]]'' to serve as its naval defense.<ref>{{cite book |last = Greger |first = René |year = 1976 |title = Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I |place = London |publisher = Ian Allan |isbn = 978-0-7110-0623-2 |page = 60}}</ref>
* The [[Kyushu Railway]] extended the [[Nippō Main Line]] in the [[Miyazaki Prefecture]], [[Japan]] with stations [[Kiyotake Station|Kiyotake]] and [[Sosanji Station|Sosanji]] serving the line.<ref>{{Teishajo|I|228-9}}</ref>
* The tragic opera ''[[Fedra (Pizzetti)|Fedra]]'' by Italian composer [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]] premiered at the [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]].<ref>Kaprielian, Maxime (2008). [http://www.resmusica.com/2008/07/20/attention-chef-duvre/ "''Fedra'' d'Ildebrando Pizzetti: attention chef-d’œuvre!"]. ''Remusica''. Retrieved 7 July 2018 {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref>Viagrande, Riccardo (2013). [http://www.gbopera.it/2015/03/ildebrando-pizzetti-fedra/ "Ildebrando Pizzetti: ''Fedra''"]. GBOpera Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2018 {{in lang|it}}</ref>
* Spanish astronomer [[Josep Comas i Solà]] discovered [[minor planet]] [[804 Hispania]] at the [[Fabra Observatory]] in [[Barcelona]], the first of its kind discovered by a Spaniard.<ref>{{cite web|title=804 Hispania (1915 WT)|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=804+Hispania#content|website=Solar System Dynamics|publisher=NASA|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Rudolf Kirchschläger]], Austrian politician, eighth [[President of Austria]], in [[Niederkappel]], [[Austria]] (d. [[2000]]); [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Russian pianist, known for virtuoso performances on many compositions by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] and others, in [[Zhytomyr]], [[Russian Empire]] (d. [[1997]]); [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]], American gospel singer, best known for her gospel recordings in the 1930s and 1940s that influenced early rock musicians such as [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Chuck Berry]], in [[Cotton Plant, Arkansas]] (d. [[1973]])

==[[March 21]], 1915 (Sunday)==
* Power tools manufacturer [[Makita]] was established in Nagoya, [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.makita.biz/company/history.html| title=History/Makita Corporation}}</ref>
* [[Japanese Government Railways]] extended the [[Ban'etsu East Line]] in [[Fukushima Prefecture]], [[Japan]] with stations [[Ononiimachi Station|Ononiimachi]], [[Kanmata Station|Kanmata]], [[Ōgoe Station|Ōgoe]] and [[Funehiki Station|Funehiki]] serving the line.<ref>{{cite book|title=郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc)|series=週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地|volume=50|date=2013-08-04|publisher=Asahi Newspaper Publishing|language=ja|asin=B00DNBCZL0|page=27}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Alykul Osmonov]], Kyrgyz poet, promoted [[modernism]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]] (d. [[1950]])
* '''Died:''' [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]], US engineer and economist, one of the leaders of the [[Efficiency movement]] (b. [[1856]])

==[[March 22]], 1915 (Monday)==
* [[Siege of Przemyśl]] — Russian forces captured the fortress in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] (now south-eastern [[Poland]]), ending the longest siege of the war. The Russians took over 117,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers prisoner including nine generals, 93 senior staff officers, and 2,500 other officers.<ref>Rothenburg, G. ''The Army of Francis Joseph''. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1976. p 185.</ref>
* The [[London Underground]] extended the [[Metropolitan line]] with a new tube station at [[North Harrow tube station|North Harrow]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 }}</ref>
* Rail stations [[Abingdon Road Halt railway station|Abingdon Road]], [[Brentford railway station (1860–1942)|Brentford]], [[Combe Hay Halt railway station|Combe Hay]], [[Dunkerton Colliery Halt railway station|Dunkerton Colliery]], [[Morris Cowley railway station|Garsington Bridge]], [[Hallen Halt railway station|Hallen]], [[Henbury railway station|Henbury]], [[Hinksey Halt railway station|Hinksey]], [[Horspath Halt railway station|Horspath]], [[Iffley Halt railway station|Iffley]], [[Madeley railway station (Shropshire)|Madeley]], [[Midford Halt railway station|Midford]], [[Monkton Combe Halt railway station|Monkton Combe]], [[North Filton Platform railway station|North Filton]], [[Radford and Timsbury Halt railway station|Radford and Timsbury]], and [[Trumpers Crossing Halte railway station|Trumpers Crossing]] were closed in [[England]] as part of wartime measures.<ref>Butt 1995, pp. 13, 96, 101, 112, 118, 121, 123, 126, 235</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1= Maggs |first1= Colin G. |last2= Beale |first2= Gerry |year= 1985 |title= The Camerton Branch |place= Upper Bucklebury |publisher= Wild Swan Publications |pages=32–33}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Quick |first1=Michael |year=2009 |title=Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology |place=Oxford |publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society |isbn=978-0-901461-57-5 |page=263 |edition=4th}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| work = High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records| title = The Railway comes to Hallatrow| url = http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/transcriptions0905/Road%20and%20Rail/HLRailway.pdf| access-date = 2 September 2016| first = Michael| last = Browning}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[John McConnell (peace activist)|John McConnell]], US activist, founder of [[Earth Day]], in [[Davis City, Iowa]] (d. [[2012]]); [[Erling Kongshaug]], Norwegian sharpshooter, gold medalist at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]], in [[Oslo]] (d. [[1993]])

== [[March 23]], 1915 (Tuesday) ==
* [[Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf]] — Renewed French attacks on [[Hartmannswillerkopf]] got them within 150 metres of the summit and were able to hold their ground from further German counterattacks.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Slater|first1=Tim|title=The Battle for the Hartmannswillerkopf February – April 1915|url=http://tim-slater.blogspot.ca/2011/10/battle-for-hartmannswillerkopf-february.html|website=Military History|publisher=Tim Slater|access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
* The modern-day [[University of Murcia]] was established in [[Murcia]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web|title=La Universidad de 1915|url=http://www.um.es/web/universidad/historia/universidad-1915|website=Universidad de Murcia|publisher=Universidad de Murcia|access-date=15 February 2016|language=es}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Nehemiah Levanon]], Latvian-Israeli intelligence officer, head of [[Nativ (Liaison Bureau)|Nativ]] from 1970 to 1982, in [[Rūjiena]], [[Latvia]] (d. [[2003]]); [[Vasily Zaitsev (sniper)|Vasily Zaytsev]], Soviet sniper, best known for making 225 confirmed kills of enemy German soldiers during the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in [[World War II]], in [[Yeleninka]], [[Russia]] (d. [[1991]])

== [[March 24]], 1915 (Wednesday) ==
* The [[Fifth Army (Ottoman Empire)|Fifth Army]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] was established under the command of German military adviser [[Otto Liman von Sanders]] to defend the [[Dardanelles]] from the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]]. It was dissolved in 1918.<ref>Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-313-31516-7}}, p. 86.</ref> 
* Five [[Royal Naval Air Service]] [[Avro 504]]s of [[No. 201 Squadron RAF|No. 1 Squadron]] bombed the German [[submarine]] depot at [[Hoboken, Antwerp|Hoboken]] in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], starting a fire in the [[shipyard]] that destroyed two German submarines.<ref>Thetford, Owen, ''British Naval Aircraft Since 1912'', Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, {{ISBN|1-55750-076-2}}, p. 33.</ref>
* The [[No. 30 Squadron RAF|No. 30 Squadron]] of the [[Royal Flying Corps]] officially received its designated squadron number when it mobilized to defend airspace over [[Egypt]], even though it had been established in October 1914.<ref>{{cite web|title=30 Squadron|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/30squadron.cfm|website=Royal Air Force|publisher=UK Crown|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=9 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909002805/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/30squadron.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[11th Bavarian Infantry Division]] was established, and would serve in the [[Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive]] in the coming spring.<ref>[http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=265 11. Bayerische Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1915/1918)]</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[John Rogers Cox]], American artist, member of the [[regionalism (art)|regionalism]] and [[magic realism]] movements in the [[United States]], in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]] (d. [[1990]]); [[Gorgeous George]], American wrestler, known for patenting the flamboyant persona to wrestling, in [[Butte, Nebraska]] (d. [[1963]])
* '''Died:''' [[Margaret Lindsay Huggins]], Irish astronomer, pioneered with husband astronomer [[William Huggins]] the field of [[spectroscopy]] and co-author of ''Atlas of Representative Stellar Spectra'' (b. [[1848 in science|1848]]); [[Mary Anna Jackson]], American matriarch, wife and widow to [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] General [[Stonewall Jackson]] (b. [[1831]])

==[[March 25]], 1915 (Thursday)==
[[File:USS F-4 1913.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[U.S. Navy]] inspection team examining the large implosion hole in the [[Port (nautical)|port]] side of submarine {{USS|F-4}} after it was raised and towed to [[Honolulu]], August 1915.]]
* [[1915 Japanese general election|General elections]] were held in [[Japan]], with the [[Rikken Dōshikai]] party winning the majority in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] with 153 of the 381 seats.<ref>Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p.281</ref>
* The U.S. [[submarine]] {{USS|F-4}} sank off [[Hawaii]], killing all 21 sailors on board. It was the first commissioned submarine of the [[United States Navy]] to be lost at sea.<ref>{{cite web |author=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |title=The United States Submarine F-4 March 25, 1915 |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |year=2000 |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/sub-f4.htm |access-date=2009-04-15}}</ref>
* The British cargo ship [[SS Tamar (1902)|SS ''Tamar'']] was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|500|nmi|km}} northeast of [[Pernambuco]], [[Brazil]] by German warship {{SMS|Kronprinz}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrMS1914-16.htm |title= BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 1 of 3 – Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order |publisher=Naval History |access-date=21 January 2013}}</ref>
* The [[Royal Flying Corps]] established the [[No. 204 Squadron RAF|No. 4 Squadron]] at [[Dover]], [[England]] but was absorbed into the naval air force by October.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jefford |first=C.G. |year=1998 |title=RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 |place=UK |publisher=Airlife Publishing |isbn=1-85310-053-6 |page=68}}</ref>
* The [[111th Infantry Division (German Empire)|111th]], [[113th Infantry Division (German Empire)|113th]], [[119th Infantry Division (German Empire)|119th]] and [[121st Infantry Division (German Empire)|121st Infantry Divisions]] of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] were established, and fought on both the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western]] and [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern]] fronts.<ref>[http://www.1914-18.info/erster-weltkrieg.php?u=176 121. Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1915/1918)]</ref>
* In a letter exchange between German and Ottoman ambassadors, it was reported the Armenian [[Zeitun Resistance (1915)|Zeitun]] militia resistance ended after Ottoman forces captured the city (now [[Süleymanlı]]).<ref>Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) pr. 13 May 1915 a.m.</ref>
* [[Ross Sea party]] — Sledge parties that laid out supply depots across [[Ross Ice Shelf]] in the [[Antarctic]] for the main party of the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] rendezvoused at [[Hut Point Peninsula]] on [[Ross Island]]. While most of the depots had been laid out, teams of dogs had been lost, many of the men suffered from frostbite and exhaustion, and ice conditions made it impossible to return to the shore base in [[Cape Evans]] until June 1. As a result, morale of the men under command of [[Aeneas Mackintosh]] was low.<ref>{{cite book |author-link= Kelly Tyler-Lewis |last= Tyler-Lewis |first= Kelly |year= 2007 |title= The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party |place= London |publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn= 978-0-7475-7972-4 |pages=104–106}}</ref>
* The [[association football]] club [[FBC Melgar|Melgar]] was formed in [[Arequipa]], [[Peru]], and remains one of the oldest active Peruvian sports clubs in the [[Peruvian Primera División]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of FBC Melgar |url=http://www.fbcmelgar.com.pe/club/historia.html |website=FBC Melgar – Official Website |publisher=FBC Melgar |access-date=23 May 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928155957/http://www.fbcmelgar.com.pe/club/historia.html |archive-date=September 28, 2014 }}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Dorothy Squires]], Welsh singer, best known for popular hits such as "[[I'm in the Mood for Love]]", in [[Pontyberem]], [[Wales]] (d. [[1998]]); [[Anton Hackl]], German air force officer, commander of the ''[[Jagdgeschwader 26]]'', ''[[Jagdgeschwader 76]]'', and ''[[Jagdgeschwader 11]]'' for the [[Luftwaffe]] during [[World War II]], recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]], in [[Regensburg]], [[Germany]] (d. [[1984]])

== [[March 26]], 1915 (Friday) ==
* [[Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf]] — After a three-hour bombardment, the French captured the [[Hartmannswillerkopf]] summit from the Germans. The French now had a key observation post for German military movements in the [[Alsace]] region between [[France]] and [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web| last1=Slater| first1=Tim| title=The Battle for the Hartmannswillerkopf February – April 1915| url=http://tim-slater.blogspot.ca/2011/10/battle-for-hartmannswillerkopf-february.html| website=Military History| publisher=Tim Slater| access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
* The third of the [[International Socialist Women's Conferences]] was held in [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]], following a seven-month delay from its original planned conference in Vienna for August 1914. The outbreak of war forced the conference to be relocated and wartime conditions allowed only 30 delegated to attend.<ref>Olga Hess Gankin and H.H. Fisher eds, ''The Bolsheviks and the First World War: the origins of the Third International'' Stanford University Press, 1940 pp. 286–7</ref>
* The [[21st Battalion (Australia)|21st]], [[22nd Battalion (Australia)|22nd]], [[23rd Battalion (Australia)|23rd]], [[24th Battalion (Australia)|24th]], and [[26th Battalion (Australia)|26th Battalions]] of the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] were established for the planned [[Gallipoli campaign]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11208.asp| title=21st Battalion|work=First World War, 1914–1918 units | publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=21 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420081550/http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11208.asp |archive-date=20 April 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=22nd Battalion AIF| work=First World War, 1914–1918 units | url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11209.asp| publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11210.asp| title=23rd Battalion| work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11211.asp| title=24th Battalion| work=First World War, 1914–1918 units |publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=27 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11213.asp| title=26th Battalion |work=First World War, 1914–1918 units| publisher=Australian War Memorial| access-date=5 March 2009}}</ref> 
* British passenger ship {{SS|Viking|1905|6}} was acquired by the [[Royal Navy]] and outfitted to become a [[seaplane tender|seaplane carrier]] christened as {{HMS|Vindex|1915|6}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Layman |first=R.D. |year=1989 |title=Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1859–1922 |place=Annapolis, MD |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-210-9 |page=50}}</ref>
* A hearing held by the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service on the collision between Oregon river boats {{ship||Telegraph|1914 sternwheeler|2}} and ''Charm'' concluded evidence supported the collision being "largely in the nature of an accident."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088347/1915-03-26/ed-1/seq-1/ |title=Rivals on River Let Down Easy – Captain H.J. Dunham Made Goat and Loses Skipper's License for 60 Days |newspaper=Semi-weekly Bandon Recorder | date= March 26, 1915 |at=p. 1, col. 2}}</ref>
* The [[Vancouver Millionaires]] won the [[1915 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] over the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] three games to zero.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Diamond|editor1-first=Dan|title=The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book|publisher=Firefly Books|isbn=1-895565-15-4|page=46|edition=1992}}</ref>
* [[Thoroughbred]] racehorse [[Ally Sloper (horse)|Ally Sloper]] won the [[1915 Grand National|77th renewal]] of the [[Grand National]] by two lengths at a price of 100/8 and in a time of 9 mins, 47.8 secs.<ref>{{cite web| title=1915 Grand National| url=http://www.greyhoundderby.com/GN1915.htm|publisher=Www.greyhoundderby.com| access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Virginia Woolf]] published her first novel ''[[The Voyage Out]]'' through [[Duckworth Books|Gerald Duckworth and Company]], which introduced her most famous character [[Mrs Dalloway|Clarissa Dalloway]].<ref>Rose, Phyllis. ''Introduction to A Voyage Out''. Bantam Books. 1991. p. xvi</ref>
* The town of [[Miami Beach, Florida]] was established.<ref>Muir, Helen. (1953) ''Miami, U.S.A.'' Coconut Grove, Florida: Hurricane House Publishers, p. 137</ref>

==[[March 27]], 1915 (Saturday)==
* British intelligence received a message that Germany had broken the code used to communicate between British merchant ships.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beesly |first=Patrick |year=1982 |title=Room 40: British Naval Intelligence, 1914–1918 |place=London |publisher=Hamish Hamilton Ltd |isbn=0-241-10864-0 |pages=99–100}}</ref>
* [[Crawford Vaughan]] was [[1915 South Australian state election|elected]] [[Premier of South Australia]], defeating incumbent [[Archibald Peake]] when his [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor Party]] captured 10 more seats than Peake's [[Liberal Union (South Australia)|Liberal Union]] party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliament of South Australia, House of Assembly election Election of 27 March 1915 |url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=815&summary=false |website=Australian Politics and Elections Database |publisher=The University of Western Australia |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>
* After infecting 25 people with [[typhoid fever]] at [[Sloane Hospital for Women]] in [[New York City]] while working under an assumed name, [[Mary Mallon]], cited in the press as "Typhoid Mary", was placed in [[quarantine]] for life until her death in 1938.<ref>{{cite book| last=Satin| first=Morton| title=Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on History| publisher=Prometheus Books| isbn=1-615-92224-5| page=174}}</ref>
* The Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was established in [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]. In 1965, it would gain university status and become [[Tennessee Technological University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Tech - History and Traditions|url=https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/|website=Tennessee Tech|publisher=Tennessee Tech|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021453/https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Robert Lockwood Jr.]], American blues musician, best known for being a direct pupil of [[Robert Johnson]] and his long-time collaborative work with [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]], in [[Turkey Scratch, Arkansas]] (d. [[2006]])
* '''Died:''' [[Marty Walsh (ice hockey, born 1884)|Marty Walsh]], Canadian hockey player, won the [[Stanley Cup]] three times while playing with the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] (b. [[1884]])

==[[March 28]], 1915 (Sunday)==
* [[Thrasher incident]] — British ocean liner {{SS|Falaba||2}} was sunk by torpedo in [[St George's Channel]] by German submarine {{SMU|U-28|Germany|2}} with the loss of 104 lives.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2108.html |title=Falaba |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref> Those killed included US passenger Leon Chester Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer from Massachusetts. This stirred public pressure in the United States to enter [[World War I]], but the US Government confined itself to a diplomatic response.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Enemy with British colours |date=31 March 1915 |page=8 |issue=40816 |column=D }}</ref>
* Captain [[Charles Fryatt]] of the British ferry {{SS|Brussels||2}} ordered his ship to ram German submarine {{SMU|U-33|Germany|2}} after it tried to stop and board her. The German submarine was forced to [[crash dive]]. The aggressive action was in full compliance orders issues by [[Winston Churchill]], [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] to treat U-boats as felons rather than prisoners of war because of [[Imperial German Navy]] policy to wage [[unrestricted submarine warfare]]. For his actions, Fryatt was awarded a gold watch by the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/pers0003.htm |title=Captain Charles Fryatt |publisher=Great War Primary Documents Archive |access-date=8 December 2009}}</ref>
* The first [[Catholic liturgy]] was celebrated by [[Archbishop]] [[John Ireland (bishop)|John Ireland]] at the newly consecrated [[Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)|Cathedral of Saint Paul]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book| author=Alan K. Lathrop| title=Churches Of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide| pages=165–166| publisher=University of Minnesota Press| year=2003| isbn=0816629099}}</ref>
* Italian rider [[Ezio Corlaita]] won the [[1915 Milan–San Remo|9th]] [[Milan–San Remo]] bicycle race in a time of 10 hours, 36 minutes and 3 seconds, or a pace of 27.26&nbsp;km/h.<ref>{{cite web|title=1915 Milano - San Remo|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Milan-San%20Remo/1915-milan-san-remo.html|website=Bike Race Info|publisher=McGann Publishings|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
* The [[Gestriklands Fotbollförbund]] (Gestrikland Football Association) was established in [[Gävle]], [[Sweden]] as the governing body for [[association football]] in the Swedish province of [[Gästrikland]]. It currently has 46 member clubs.<ref name=kontaktuppgifter>{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=6 |title=Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Gestriklands Fotbollförbund |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |language=sv |access-date=2011-01-11}}</ref>
* Several major all-male academic organizations in [[Estonia]] united under the [[League of Estonian Corporations]] "to strengthen the relationship between the organizations" and "to enhance its members' spiritual upbringing of Estonian history, language and literature through learning."<ref>{{cite web|title=EI KI L!|url=http://www.rottalia.ee/et/sobrad/ekl.html|website=Rotalia Corporation|access-date=13 May 2016}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==[[March 29]], 1915 (Monday)==
* The Society of British Aircraft Constructors ([[Society of British Aerospace Companies]] since 1964) was established to create a standards body for aircraft built in [[Great Britain]]. Among the noted founding participants were [[Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin|Herbert Austin]], [[Frederick Handley Page]], H.V. Roe of [[Avro]], and E.B. Parker of [[Short Brothers]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=Peter J |year=2006 |title= Farnborough – 100 years of British aviation |place=Hinkley |publisher=Midland Publishing |isbn=1-85780-239-X |pages=47–65}}</ref>
* The first suffrage meeting was held in [[Dublin]], leading to the formation of the [[Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association]] in November.<ref>{{cite book |last=Luddy |first=Maria |year=1995 |title=Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History |place=Cork |publisher=Irish Writers' Centre |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1Nacaku-V_QC |access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref>
* The [[Great Western Railway]] closed the [[Stourbridge Town railway station|rail station]] in [[Stourbridge]], [[England]] as a wartime measure.<ref>{{cite book |title=Worcester to Birmingham |first1=Vic |last1=Mitchell |first2=Keith |last2=Smith |at=figs. 58-66 |publisher=Middleton Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-1904474975 |oclc=263292710}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Kenneth Arnold]], American pilot, famous for spotting [[Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting|nine UFOs]] near [[Mount Rainier]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] in 1947, in [[Sebeka, Minnesota]] (d. [[1984]])
* '''Died:''' [[William Wallace Denslow]], American artist, illustrator for many of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|Oz]]'' series (b. [[1856]])

==[[March 30]], 1915 (Tuesday)==
* A German party of marines stranded after the {{SMS|Emden}} was destroyed were escorted to [[Jeddah]] on the [[Arabian Peninsula]] with a party of Turkish and Arab guards. They were surprised by a party of [[Bedouin]] raiders and forced to fight, where two of the party were killed and third wounded before a relief force arrived to escort them to the city.<ref>Carlton, ''First Victory'', p. 328-32</ref>
* [[Royal Navy]] minesweeper {{HMS|Foxglove}} was launched at [[Barclay Curle]] in [[Glasgow]], where it went on to serve in both world wars.<ref>{{cite book |last=Colledge |first=J.J. |year=1987 |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century To the Present |place=Annapolis, MD |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-652-X |page=142}}</ref>
* The men's fraternity [[Sigma Gamma Epsilon]] was formed at [[University of Kansas]] for students involved in the [[earth science]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sigma Gamma Epsilon - About Us|url=http://www.sigmagammaepsilon.com/index_files/Page375.htm|website=Sigma Gamma Epsilon|publisher=Sigma Gamma Epsilon|access-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>
* The first edition of the weekly Canadian [[trade magazine]] ''[[The Northern Miner]]'' was published in [[Cobalt, Ontario]], featuring news and articles on the Canadian mining industry, particularly in northern Ontario.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BfUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YoIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3648,2710124&dq=the-northern-miner+-northernminer-com|title=Great Mining Journal|date=April 7, 1950|work= Val d'Or Star|access-date=2009-09-07}}</ref> 
* '''Born:''' [[Arsenio Erico]], Paraguayan [[association football]] player, [[List of Argentine Primera División top scorers|all-time highest goalscorer]] in the [[Argentine Primera División]], with 295 goals according to [[Argentine Football Association]], in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]] (d. [[1977]])

== [[March 31]], 1915 (Wednesday) ==
* The [[Texas Legislature]] chartered the Department of Forestry to manage the American state's forests, now named the [[Texas A&M Forest Service]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Connect – Texas A&M Forest Service|url=http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/AboutTFS/|website=Texas A&M Forest Service|publisher=Texas A&M Forest Service|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref>
* '''Born:''' [[Robert C. Stebbins]], American biologist known for his field guides to reptiles and amphibians, in [[Chico, California]] (d. [[2013]]); [[Shoichi Yokoi]], Japanese soldier, one of the last of the three Japanese holdouts after the end of [[World War II]], found in [[Guam]] in 1972, in [[Saori, Aichi]], [[Japan]] (d. [[1997]])
* '''Died:''' [[Wyndham Halswelle]], Scottish track athlete, gold medalist in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] (killed in action) (b. [[1882]])

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