Sir Henry Roscoe, English chemist (b. 1833) December 18 – Édouard Vaillant, French Socialist politician (b. 1840) December 19 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist, neuropathologist (b. 1864) December 22 – Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor, professor (b. 1864) December 31 – Tommaso Salvini, Italian actor (b. 1829) Nobel Prizes Chemistry – Richard Willstätter Literature – Romain Rolland Medicine – not awarded Peace – not awarded Physics – William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg Notes Further reading Williams, John. The Other Battleground The Home Fronts: Britain, France and Germany 1914–1918 (1972) pp 43–108. Primary sources and year books New International Year Book 1915, Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 791pp Hazell's Annual for 1916 (1916), worldwide events of 1915; 640pp online; worldwide coverage of 1915 events; emphasis on Great Britain External links Pictures of the 1915 Galveston Hurricane at the University of Houston Digital Library