Events in year of 1914
- 01-011st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
- 01-01Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
- 01-02Philips installs research department in Eindhoven
- 01-05Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40 / 9-hr day to $5.00 / 8-hr day
- 01-06Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
- 01-071st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
- 01-10Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 seconds in Oslo
- 01-13IWW-leader / songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
- 01-14Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
- 01-16Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
- 01-24Opera "Madeleine, " premieres in New York City
- 01-26600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
- 01-281st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)
- 01-28Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated
- 02-01New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
- 02-01Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
- 02-01Tanganyika Railway opens
- 02-04US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
- 02-07Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
- 02-07Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco
- 02-08General Zamon becomes President of Haiti
- 02-13American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City
- 02-14High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
- 02-161st airplane flight (Los Angeles to San Francisco)
- 02-21White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
- 02-26New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated
- 02-28Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)
- 03-01Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named Director of British Petroleum
- 03-07Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
- 03-09Henry Colijn appointed as Director of Bataafsche Petroleum Company
People born in year of 1914
- 01-03Jean Louvel: Flemish pianist / conductor / composer
- 01-04Mohammed Sahir: Shah (Afghanistan)
- 01-06Arnold Richardson: Composer
- 01-06Danny Thomas: Deerfield, Michigan -- Comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
- 01-06David Bruce: Kankakee, Illinois -- Actor (Harry-Beulah)
- 01-08Charles Borromeo Mills: Composer
- 01-09Derek Allhusen: England, United Kingdom -- Equestrian (1968 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-09Kenny [Klook] Clarke: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Jazz / drummer, composer (Epistrop)
- 01-10Claude Gallimard: France -- Publisher
- 01-10Polly Rowles: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
- 01-11Dorothy Jeakins: Costume designer
- 01-12Edqard John Gurney: Politician
- 01-14Harold Russell: Actor (Best Years of Our Life)
- 01-15Lord Dacre of Glanton: British historian
- 01-16Roger Aubert: Belgium -- Church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
- 01-18Arno Schmidt: Writer
- 01-20Wensley Pithey: Cape Town, South Africa -- Actor (Winston Churchill-Ike)
- 01-22Dimitri Dragatakis: Composer
- 01-22Suzanne Danco: Belgian singer
- 01-23Napoleon L Bonaparte: French pretender to the throne
- 01-26Kaye Webb: English writer / publisher (Puffin Club)
- 01-27Anna Larina: Revolutionary
- 01-30David Wayne: Traverse City, Michigan -- Actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib)
- 01-30John Ireland: Vancouver, British Columbia -- Actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral)
- 01-31Carey Lofton: Blountsville, Florida -- Actor (Skinner-Troubleshooters)
- 01-31Jersey Joe Walcott: Heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52)
- 02-03Felix Kelly: Artist
- 02-04Alfred Andersch: German writer (Red Head)
- 02-04Ida Lupino: London, England -- Actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
- 02-05Alan Hodgkin: British physicist (Nobel 1963)
People died in year of 1914
- 01-03Stephane Raoul Pugno: Composer, dies at 62
- 01-04Silas Weir Mitchell: US Physician / Author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
- 01-11Ambrose Bierce: Writer, dies at 71
- 01-13Bernardus H Heldt: Dutch MP, dies at 72
- 01-13Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea: Composer, dies at 76
- 01-20Emil Liebling: Composer, dies at 62
- 01-20Henry Southwick Perkins: Composer, dies at 80
- 01-22Frederik Rung: Composer, dies at 60
- 02-06J Albert Neuhuys: Dutch Painter (Hague School), dies at 69
- 02-25John Tenniel: British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
- 03-01Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin: Composer, dies at 47
- 03-12George Westinghouse: US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
- 03-16Gaston Calmette: Editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
- 03-23Teunis Stoel: Actor, dies at 62
- 03-28Hanus Trnecek: Composer, dies at 55
- 03-31Ch Morgenstern: Writer, dies at 42
- 04-01Rube Waddell: Baseballer, dies at 37 of tuberculosis
- 04-12Josef Nesvera: Composer, dies at 71
- 04-14Paul Ehrenreich: German etnologist / mythologist, dies at 58
- 04-16George W Hill: US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
- 04-19Charles Pierce: Philosopher / scientist
- 05-07Edward Mollenhauer: Composer, dies at 87
- 05-17Peter Leyten: Bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
- 05-25Paolo Giorza: Composer, dies at 81
- 05-27Joseph Wilson Swan: Physicist / chemist
- 05-28Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld: Composer, dies at 76
- 06-06Walter T Watts-Dunton: England, lawyer / Poet / writer (Aylwin)
- 06-21Glauco Velasquez: Composer, dies at 30
- 06-28Franz Ferdinand: Austrian Archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated
- 06-28Sophie: Princess of Austria, assassinated
Events in year of 1915
- 01-01DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
- 01-01Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
- 01-041st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
- 01-04Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
- 01-09Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, San Francisco
- 01-11Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000
- 01-12House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote
- 01-13Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800
- 01-13W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles
- 01-15Japan claims economic control of China
- 01-16Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin
- 01-17Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine
- 01-18Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
- 01-191st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
- 01-19Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
- 01-21Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
- 01-24German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland
- 01-25Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco
- 01-25Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco)
- 01-26Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established
- 01-27US Marines occupy Haiti
- 01-281st US ship lost in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
- 01-28US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services
- 01-28US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
- 01-30German submarine attack on Le Havre
- 01-311st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
- 02-03Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal
- 02-04Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary
- 02-071st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received
- 02-072nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army
People born in year of 1915
- 01-01Francois Bondy: Writer
- 01-01Lewis Bingham Keeble: Town planner
- 01-02John Hope Franklin: Historian
- 01-05Mabel Leigh: Potter
- 01-05Uta Graf: Singer / teacher
- 01-06Alan Watts: Kent, England -- Writer (Book on the Taboo)
- 01-06Don Edwards: (Rep-D-California, 1963- )
- 01-07Herman Musaph: Dutch psychiatrist / sexologist / founder (NVSH)
- 01-09Anita Louise: NYC, New York -- Actress (My Friend Flicka)
- 01-09Fernando Lamas: Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Actor ("You look marvelous")
- 01-10Dean Dixon: Zug, Switzerland -- Conductor
- 01-12Ernest Armstrong: Miner / politician
- 01-12Frank Annunzio: (Rep-D-Illinois, 1965- )
- 01-12Joseph Roy George Ralston: Pilot
- 01-12Martin Agronsky: Journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia)
- 01-13Edward Frederick Weston Goodman: Property developer
- 01-14Andre Frossard: Catholic columnist
- 01-19Alvy West: Brooklyn, New York -- Orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show)
- 01-20C W Ceram [Kurt W Marek]: German / US writer (March of Archaeology)
- 01-21Alan Hewitt: NYC, New York -- Actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian)
- 01-23Herma Bauma: Austria -- Javelin thrower (1948 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-23Potter Stewart: Michigan, United States -- 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81)
- 01-24Robert B Motherwell: United States -- Painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic)
- 01-24Vitezslava Kapralova: Composer
- 01-25Michael Duane: Educationalist
- 01-26William Hopper: NYC, New York -- Actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason)
- 01-27Jack Brymer: Clarinettist
- 01-29Frederic Ramsey, Jr.: Folklorist / author
- 01-29Halfdan Rasmussen: Danish poet / WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
- 01-29Victor Mature: Louisville, Kentucky -- Actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah)
People died in year of 1915
- 01-02Karl Goldmark: Austria-Hungarian Composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
- 01-03James E Flecker: British diplomat / Novelist (Hassan), dies at 30
- 01-15Guillaume Couture: Composer, dies at 63
- 02-07Wladyslaw Gorski: Composer, dies at 68
- 02-10Albert J-BJ Thijs: Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
- 02-12Charles Emile Waldteufel: Composer, dies at 77
- 02-16Emil Waldteufel [Charles Levy]: French Composer (Estudiantina)
- 02-23Robert Smalls: Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in South Carolina
- 02-25George Mimot: Physician (Nobel-1934)
- 03-13Sergei J Witte: Dutch count / Premier of Russia, dies at 65
- 03-17Walter Crane: English Painter / cartoonist / illustrator, dies at 69
- 04-01Johann Joseph Abert: Composer, dies at 82
- 04-14James Hutton Brew: Pioneer of West African Journalism
- 04-17Johannes P Kelly [Kellij]: Dutch actor / operetta writer, dies at 60
- 04-23Rupert Chawner Brooke: English Poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
- 04-27Alexander N Skriabin: Russ pianist / Composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
- 05-07Alfred G Vanderbilt: US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
- 05-07Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr.: US Lusitania officer
- 05-07Charles Frohman: Dies aboard Lusitania
- 05-08Henry McNeal Turner: 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
- 05-10Albert Weisgerber: German Painter / graphic artist, dies in battle
- 06-04William Charles Denis Browne: Composer, dies at 26
- 06-05Brzeska: Sculptor
- 06-07Benjamin Lambord: Composer, dies at 35
- 06-19Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: Russian Composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
- 06-20Emil Rathenau: German industrialist (AEG)
- 07-10Hendrik W Mesdag: Painter (Panorama Mesdag)
- 07-15Ludwik Grossman: Composer, dies at 80
- 07-17Francesco Fanciulli: Composer, dies on 62nd birthday
- 07-18George William Louis Marshall-Hall: Composer, dies at 53
Events in year of 1916
- 01-011st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
- 01-011st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
- 01-05Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
- 01-07German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
- 01-10Russian offensive in Kaukasus
- 01-11French troops capture / Serbian army flees to Corfu
- 01-12Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific
- 01-14Dutch South Sea dike cracks
- 01-171st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club - Bronxville, New York
- 01-17Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City
- 01-25Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
- 01-27Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin
- 01-281st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
- 01-28German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France
- 01-28Opera "Goyescas, " premieres (NYC)
- 01-291st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
- 01-31Dutch Girl Guides form
- 02-03Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
- 02-05Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company
- 02-08French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
- 02-08NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cent seats
- 02-09NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
- 02-11Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
- 02-11Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
- 02-121st edition of Joseph Patterson / Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"
- 02-15New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
- 02-16Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
- 02-21Battle of Verdun in WWI begins (1 million casualties)
- 02-23Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
- 02-23French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
People born in year of 1916
- 01-03Antonio Estevez: Composer
- 01-03Betty Furness: NYC, New York -- Actress / consumer activist (Studio 1)
- 01-04Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede: Portrait painter
- 01-04Robert Parrish: Columbus, Georgia -- Director (Casino Royale)
- 01-06Philip Bezanson: Composer
- 01-07Gerrit Schulte [Le Fou Pedalant]: Dutch 6 day bicyclist
- 01-07Paul Keres: USSR -- Chess grandmaster (1950)
- 01-09Alain Bernardin: Impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon)
- 01-09Vic Mizzy: Brooklyn, New York -- Orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show)
- 01-11Bernard Blier: Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Actor (Les Miserables)
- 01-11James H [Jimmy] Quillen: (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1963- )
- 01-12A P[ieter] W Botha: Orange Free State, South Africa -- President of South Africa
- 01-13Bella Lewitsky: Choreographer
- 01-13Osa Massen: Copenhagen, Denmark -- Actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
- 01-14John Oliver Killens: Novelist
- 01-15Mikki Doyle: Journalist
- 01-16Frederick Stewart: British geologist
- 01-17Joel Herron: Chicago, Illinois -- Orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
- 01-20Jopie [Johan A] Pengel: Premier of Suriname (1963-69)
- 01-20Walter Bartley: Biochemist
- 01-21[JW] Al James Woodie exander: Songwriter / vocalist
- 01-22Henri Dutilleux: Angers, France -- Composer
- 01-24John Corner: Scientist
- 01-26Lothar Jensch: Composer
- 01-28Peter Crossley-Holland: Composer
- 01-29Barbara Skelton: Writer
- 01-31Ciro D Crown: Premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69)
- 01-31Frank A Parker: Tennis champ (US Open-1944)
- 01-31Violet Cane: Statistician
- 02-01Gordon Hobday: Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
People died in year of 1916
- 01-14Otto Ammon: German anthropologist / sociologist, dies at 73
- 01-16Arnold Aletrino: Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
- 01-22Iwan Knorr: Composer, dies at 63
- 01-29Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils: Composer, dies at 62
- 02-01Anton Simon: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-06Anne C A I van Diest: Belgian Physician / feminist, dies at 73
- 02-09Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek: Composer, dies at 90
- 02-12J W Richard Dedekind: German mathematician
- 02-14Petko J Todorov: Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
- 02-15Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky: Composer, dies at 73
- 02-16[Gerard] Jan Ligthart: Dutch educator (Ot & Sien), dies at 57
- 02-16Jeltje de Bosch Kemper: Dutch feminist, dies at 79
- 02-19Ernst Mach: Austrian physicist / philosopher / psychologist, dies at 78
- 02-20Klas Pontus Arnoldson: Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
- 02-23George Clement Martin: Composer, dies at 71
- 02-28Henry James: US / British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
- 02-29Edward H J Keurvels: Flemish conductor / Composer (Parisina), dies at 62
- 03-02Elisabeth OL [Carmen Sylva]: Queen of Romania, dies at 72
- 03-04Franz Marc: German Painter / co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
- 03-12M v Ebner-Eschenbach: Writer, dies at 39
- 03-21Victor de Stuers: Dutch art expert, dies at 72
- 04-01Gabrielle Petit: Belgian resistance fighter, executed
- 04-09Vicente Goicoechea Errasti: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-11Richard Harding Davis: Journalist, dies at 52
- 04-15Alfred Cogniaux: Belgian botanist, dies at 75
- 05-06Dirk Bos: Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
- 05-06Earl Ross Drake: Composer, dies at 50
- 05-11Karl Schwarzschild: German astronomer (s-effect)
- 05-11Max [Johann BJM] Reger: German Composer / pianist / organist, dies at 43
- 05-11Max Reger: Composer, dies at 43