May 1915

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The following events occurred in May 1915:

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Painting depicting the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by German U-boat SM U-20.
Armenian civilians holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the Armenian walled city of Van in May 1915.

May 1, 1915 (Saturday)

A German artillery piece used for bombardment during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive on the Eastern Front.

May 2, 1915 (Sunday)

May 3, 1915 (Monday)

Canadian army officer John McCrae, author of "In Flanders Fields".

May 4, 1915 (Tuesday)

May 5, 1915 (Wednesday)

May 6, 1915 (Thursday)

May 7, 1915 (Friday)

Painting by William Lionel Wyllie depicting casualties and survivors in the water and in lifeboats following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.

May 8, 1915 (Saturday)

May 9, 1915 (Sunday)

French and German soldiers fight at the opening of the Second Battle of Artois.

May 10, 1915 (Monday)

May 11, 1915 (Tuesday)

May 12, 1915 (Wednesday)

May 13, 1915 (Thursday)

May 14, 1915 (Friday)

May 15, 1915 (Saturday)

May 16, 1915 (Sunday)

May 17, 1915 (Monday)

Russian and Armenian relief forces arrive in Van.

May 18, 1915 (Tuesday)

May 19, 1915 (Wednesday)

Turkish troops attacking during the Gallipoli campaign.

May 20, 1915 (Thursday)

May 21, 1915 (Friday)

  • Second Battle of ArtoisFrance consolidated their forces while under heavy German fire but lost key positions.[142]
  • Armenian leader Krikor Zohrab and another fellow deputy with the Ottoman Parliament were arrested and ordered to Aleppo to be held while awaiting court-martial, follow the leader's public protests of atrocities committed against Armenians from April 24. He would be murdered in July during the height of the Armenian genocide.[143]
  • The SPAD S.A aircraft was first flown in France, but its design proved challenging for most pilots and was replaced soon after.[144]

May 22, 1915 (Saturday)

A burning carriage in the aftermath of a train collision at Quintinshill, Scotland.
Eruption of Lassen Peak

May 23, 1915 (Sunday)

German naval officer Hellmuth von Mücke, first officer of the SMS Emden.
The model of the first Fokker Eindecker fighter plane flew by Otto Parschau.

May 24, 1915 (Monday)

May 25, 1915 (Tuesday)

Royal Navy submarine HMS E11 torpedoes the "Stamboul" off Constantinople.

May 26, 1915 (Wednesday)

May 27, 1915 (Thursday)

May 28, 1915 (Friday)

May 29, 1915 (Saturday)

May 30, 1915 (Sunday)

May 31, 1915 (Monday)

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