1916 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1916?
- January 10, 1916 – Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
- January 18, 1916 – A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
- February 4, 1916 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 11, 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- March 8, 1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
- March 19, 1916 – Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- April 25, 1916 – Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
- May 3, 1916 – The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
- May 20, 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).
- May 31, 1916 – World War I: Battle of Jutland – The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
- June 1, 1916 – Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- June 24, 1916 – World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
- July 15, 1916 – In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
- July 19, 1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles – British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.
- July 30, 1916 – Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
- September 15, 1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- September 27, 1916 – Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
- November 14, 1916 – World War I: The Battle of the Somme ends.
- November 21, 1916 – World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
- December 30, 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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