1916 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1916?
- February 3, 1916 – Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
- February 4, 1916 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 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 20, 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
- June 15, 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
- June 29, 1916 – The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- July 1, 1916 – World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
- 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 22, 1916 – In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
- July 30, 1916 – Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
- August 4, 1916 – World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
- August 14, 1916 – Romania declares war on Austro-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I
- August 28, 1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- September 7, 1916 – Federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- September 27, 1916 – Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
- November 7, 1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- December 6, 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- December 18, 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
- December 19, 1916 – World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
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