1916 - What happened in 1916 ?

January 1916

Saturday 08:

World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.

Sunday 09:

The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.

Monday 17:

The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is formed.

Tuesday 18:

A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite struck a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.

Monday 24:

In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

February 1916

Thursday 03:

Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.

Friday 11:

Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.

Monday 21:

World War I: In France the Battle of Verdun begins.

Tuesday 29:

Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.

March 1916

Sunday 05:

Spanish football club Real Club Deportivo Mallorca founded.

Thursday 09:

Pancho Villa leads 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17.

Wednesday 15:

President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

Sunday 19:

Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.

Monday 20:

1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.

April 1916

Saturday 08:

In Corona, California, auto racer Bob Burman crashed through a crowd barrier at the last Boulevard Race, killing himself, his mechanic and a track policeman, and badly injuring five spectators.

Sunday 09:

German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

Monday 24:

Easter Uprising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.

Tuesday 25:

1916 - ANZAC Day commemorated for the first time.

Saturday 29:

Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

May 1916

Friday 05:

American marines invade the Dominican Republic.

Saturday 20:

The U.S. town of Codell, Kansas, is struck by an F2 tornado.

Wednesday 31:

World War I: The German and British navies clash in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war.

June 1916

Saturday 03:

The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.

Monday 05:

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Thursday 15:

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.

Saturday 24:

Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.

July 1916

Saturday 01:

First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.

Saturday 15:

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Saturday 22:

In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.

August 1916

Wednesday 02:

World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.

Thursday 03:

First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

Friday 25:

The United States National Park Service is created.

Monday 28:

1916 - Italy declares war on Germany.

September 1916

Friday 15:

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

October 1916

Saturday 14:

Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee Universities refuse to play against a black person.

November 1916

Sunday 05:

The Kingdom of Poland proclaimed by the November 5th Act of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Tuesday 07:

U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democrat Woodrow Wilson is re-elected President of the United States by defeating Republican Charles Evans Hughes. Meanwhile, Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Monday 13:

Prime Minister of Australia William Morris Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Saturday 18:

In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Sunday 19:

Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers.)

December 1916

Friday 15:

France defeats Germany in Battle of Verdun

Monday 18:

The Battle of Verdun ends in World War I

Tuesday 19:

The Battle of Verdun ended.

Saturday 23:

World War I: In the Battle of Magdhaba, Allied forces capture a Turkish garrison on the Sinai peninsula.

Sunday 31:

The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the USA at the time, burns to the ground.