1915 (Thursday)
- French attacks in the Woevre district repulsed.
- Indecisive fighting in the Carpathians.
- Deportation and massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire begins.[note 1]
- German armed merchant cruiser SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at Newport News, United States (see 28 January).
- Attempted assassination of Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt.
- Italian Note to Austria, demanding territorial concessions in return for neutrality.[note 2]
Notes
- ↑ Deportation began at Zeitoun in Cilicia, and continued with massacres through 1915 from one Armenian centre to another all over the Ottoman Empire.
- ↑ Italy demanded cession of Trentino, Dalmatian Islands, Gorizia and Gradisca; rectification of eastern frontier; renunciation of Austrian interests in Albania; recognition of Italian sovereignty over Valona; Trieste to be an independent state; amnesty to all military and political prisoners in the ceded districts. Italy to pay Austria 200,000,000 lire and to remain neutral.
References
Acknowledgements
Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War:On This Day and associated index. Data has been gleaned from two main sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principal Events 1914-1918 (1922). The information in these works were deemed correct at the time of their respective publication dates, and may not accurately represent present-day histories, spelling of place names, political, and geographical boundaries. Click here for a full list of sources.