Editing 1915 (section)

=== June ===
{{main|June 1915}}
* June – [[Armenian genocide]]: 15,000 civilians from the [[Ottoman Armenian population]] of [[Bitlis]] are massacred by Ottoman Turks and Kurds.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Christopher J. Walker|last=Walker|first=Christopher J.|chapter=The End of Armenian Taron and Baghesh, 1914-1916|title=Armenian Baghesh/Bitlis and Taron/Mush|pages=191–206}}</ref>
* [[June 3]] – [[Mexican Revolution]]: Troops of [[Álvaro Obregón]] and [[Pancho Villa]] clash at [[León, Guanajuato|León]]; Obregón loses his right arm in a grenade attack, but Villa is decisively defeated.
* [[June 5]] – [[Women's suffrage]] in national elections is introduced in Denmark.
* [[June 9]] – U.S. Secretary of State [[William Jennings Bryan]] resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the [[sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania'']].
* [[June 11]] – Friar [[Leonard Melki]] and hundreds of other Christians are driven out of [[Mardin]] and massacred by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] troops.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mardine la ville héroïque|last=Simon|first=Hyacinthe|publisher=Maison Naaman pour la culture|year=1991|location=Jounieh-Lebanon}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] – [[Women's Institutes]] are established in Britain.
* [[June 19]] – In [[Iceland]], at this time a dependency of Denmark, [[women's suffrage]] is granted to those over 40.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 years of women's suffrage in Iceland|first=Stefan|last=Jonasson|url=https://www.lh-inc.ca/icelandic-paper/online-stories/548-stefan-jonasson|work=Lögberg Heimskringla|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317013707/https://www.lh-inc.ca/icelandic-paper/online-stories/548-stefan-jonasson|archive-date=March 17, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>