1916 Events

1916
to 1924
1916 United States Occupation of the Dominican Republic
The United States occupied the Dominican Republic from 1916-1924. In May 1917, Rear Admiral William B. Caperton forced the Republic's Secretary of War Desiderio Arias, who had seized p...
1916 Boy Scouts of America is Granted a Congressional Charter
The National Council is the corporate membership of the Boy Scouts of America and is administered by paid professional Scouters and volunteer Scouters. Members include the elected Nationa...
1916 Kellogg's All-Bran Introduced
From: Kellogg's Introduced in 1916 Kellogg's All-Bran Original contains 10 grams of dietary fiber per serving and is one of a select few cereals to list wheat bran as the first ingred...
1916 Jan 6 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad Begins
The Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad occurred between 6–8 January 1916 during the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War. The battle took place along the banks of the Tigris River between the...
1916 Jan 8
to 1916 Apr 29
 Siege of Kut
British Army at Kut-El-Amara Surrenders After 143 Days' Siege Relief Army of 90,000 from India Fails to Unite with Gen. Townshend's Forces British Garrison, 9,000 General Townshend...
1916 Jan 13 Battle of the Wadi
The Battle of Wadi, occurring on 13 January 1916, was an unsuccessful attempt by British forces fighting in present-day Iraq during the First World War to relieve beleaguered forces under...
1916 Jan 21 Battle of Hanna
Aylmer's attack began with an advance by 4,000 troops of 7th Division, preceded by short artillery bombardments at noon on 20 January and on the morning of 21 January. The sole effect of...
1916 Jan 23
to 1916 Nov 27
 42 Zeppelin Raids on English Towns Kill 426 and Injure 864
The Germans in 1916 hoped to lay both London and Paris in ashes, and win the War, with the aid of their giant dirigible balloons, known as Zeppelins, but as a war weapon the Zeppelins pro...
1916 Feb 11 Emma Goldman Is Arrested
Emma Goldman, American anarchist and compelling advocate of free speech, women's equality, the eight-hour day, and birth control, was arrested in New York City on February 11, 1916, whil...
1916 Feb 11 Ernest Mine Disaster
At 3:20 in the afternoon an explosion killed 27 men in the section of the mine that was affected and burned 4 others who escaped. The 150 men in other sections and those on the outside w...
1916 Feb 16
to 1916 May 31
 Turkish Armenia Falls to Russia
Russian Army, 320,000 Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander General Yudenitch Turkish Army, 150,000 General Enver Bey, Commander General Ahmed Fevzi, Erzerum Garrison The disaster at...
1916 Feb 21
to 1916 Dec 16
 Battle of Verdun
Verdun is one of the greatest artillery battles in history. Even though they were deluged by millions of shells, the French repelled the Germans for 8 months. The Germans lost 500,000 tro...
1916 Feb 29
to 1916 Oct 7
 Germany Launches New Submarine Campaign Against Allies - Sinking of the Sussex, La Provence, Cymric and Britannic
The year 1916 saw the launching of Germany's ruthless submarine campaign. Early in February, 70,000 German naval reservists had been brought to Kiel and Heligoland, to man the undersea bo...
1916 Mar
to 1916 Apr
Lake Naroch Offensive
The Lake Naroch Offensive was a battle mainly fought in March 1916 to relieve the German pressure against the French at Verdun. As the French situation was becoming more and more sever...
1916 Mar 8 Battle of Dujaila
The Battle of Dujaila was fought on March 8, 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging K...
1916 Mar 9
to 1916 Mar 15
 Fifth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Fifth Battle of the Isonzo was fought from March 9-15, 1916 between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Austria-Hungary. The Italians, under immense pressure from the Fren...
1916 Mar 9 Germany Declares War on Portugal
Despite its old alliance with Britain, Portugal did not form a part of the system of alliances which became enemies in World War I and thus kept its neutrality during the first years of w...
1916 Mar 15 Austria-Hungary Declares War on Portugal
The deaths of Franz Joseph's brother, Maximilian (1867), and only son, Rudolf, made the Emperor's nephew, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the crown. On June 28, 1914, he visited the Bosnian capi...
1916 Mar 26
to 1916 Jun 3
 Battle of Col di Lana Mountain and the Battle in the Adige
Italian Army, 500,000 General Caclorna General Pecori-Giraldi Duke of Aosta Austrian Army, 600,000 Archduke Charles of Austria Field Marshal von Hoetzendorff General DankI Gener...
1916 Mar 30 Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
The 1916 Stanley Cup Final was played between the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Portland Rosebuds ...
1916 Apr 2 Faversham Gunpowder Mill Explosion
At 14:20 on Sunday 2nd April 1916, 109 men and boys were killed by an explosion at the gun powder works at Uplees, near Faversham. 200 tons of TNT blew up when some empty sacks caught fir...
1916 Apr 5 Gregory Peck is Born
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important role...
1916 Apr 5 National Parks Service Is Voted Upon
Conservationists, civic leaders, and government officials submitted testimony before Congress in favor of the establishment of the National Park Service on April 5 and April 6, 1916. T...
1916 Apr 24
to 1916 Apr 29
 Easter Rising and the Irish Rebellion of 1916
Irish Rebels, 6,000 men James Connolly, Commander Patrick H. Pearse Edmond de Val era John O'Reilly Major John McBride Countess Markievicz English Army, 60,000 men General John ...
1916 Apr 24 Events Leading Up to the Easter Rising and the Irish Rebellion of 1916
The most audacious and yet the most inspiring rebellion in modern history — that of a handful of Irish patriots to wrest control of Ireland from Great Britain and set up a Republic — asto...
1916 May 15
to 1916 Jun 10
 Battle Of Asiago
The Battle of Asiago (Battle of the Plateaux) or the Trentino Offensive (in Italian: Battaglia degli Altipiani), nicknamed Strafexpedition ("Punitive expedition")[1] by the Austrians, was...
1916 May 15 "The Floorwalker" (film) is Released
The Floorwalker was Charlie Chaplin's first Mutual Film Corporation film, made in 1916. It starred Chaplin as a customer in a department store who finds out the manager is stealing money ...
1916 May 26
to 1916 Dec 30
 Battle of Macedonia and Occupation of Monastir
Bulgarian-German-Austrian Forces Defeated — Allies Seize Greek Navy Salonika Army, 700,000 General Sarrail, Commander French Land and Naval Forces General Cordonnieu General Guil...
1916 May 27 "Police" (film) is Released
Police was Charlie Chaplin's 14th released film from Essanay released in 1916. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie playing an ex-convict finds life on the outside n...
1916 May 31
to 1916 Jun 1
 Battle of Jutland
British Grand Fleet, 144 Warships Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commanding First Dreadnought Squadron — Vice-Admiral Burney, Rear Admiral Gaunt Second Dreadnought Squadron — Vice-Admira...
1916 Jun 2
to 1916 Oct 2
 Brusilov Offensive - Battle of Galicia, Battle of Lutsk and the Battle of Bukovina (Bokowina)
"It resembled a thousand volcanoes belching fire" —German journalist, referring to the city of Czernowitz during the Battle of Bukowina, June 16, 1916, from King’s Complete History of the World War, W.C. King, published 1922, page 228
1916 Jun 5 Arabia Declares Independence from Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) and Establishes the Kingdom of Hejazi
Arab Forces, 40,000 Sherif Hussein Emir Abdullah Emir Fei sal Emir Zeid Emir Shalan Emir Idrissi Turkish Forces, 10,000 Khaleb Pasha While the British troops were engaged wit...
1916 Jun 9
to 1916 Nov 1
 Italian Counter Offensive Against Austria, and the Sixth and Seventh Battles of the Isonzo
Italian Army, 500,000 General Caclorna General Pecori-Giraldi Duke of Aosta Austrian Army, 600,000 Archduke Charles of Austria Field Marshal von Hoetzendorff General DankI Gener...
1916 Jun 9 Robert McNamara Is Born
Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense. McNamara served as Defense Secretary for Presidents John F. K...
1916 Jun 12 "The Fireman" (film) is Released
The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Films in 1916. Released on June 12, 1916, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd B...
1916 Jul 1
to 1916 Nov 18
 Battle of the Somme
Allied Forces, 1,500,000 General Ferdinand Foch, Commander-in-Chief British Army, 700,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander General Sir Henry Rawlinson General Home General Sir Her...
1916 Jul 10 "The Vagabond" (film) is Released
The Vagabond is a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released to theaters on July 10, 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Ll...
1916 Jul 14 Battle Of Bazentin Ridge
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, launched by the British Fourth Army at dawn on 14 July 1916, marked the start of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. Dismissed beforehand by one Fre...
1916 Jul 14
to 1916 Sep 15
 Battle Of Delville Wood
The Battle of Delville Wood was one of the early engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War. It took place between 14 July and 3 September, between the armies of t...
1916 Aug 3
to 1916 Aug 5
 Battle Of Romani
The Battle of Romani took place near the Egyptian town of Romani which lies 23 miles (37 km) east of the Suez Canal near the Mediterranean shore of the Sinai peninsula. On the night of Au...
1916 Aug 6
to 1916 Aug 17
 Sixth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo also known as the Battle of Gorizia was the most successful Italian offensive along the Isonzo River during World War I.
1916 Aug 7 "One A.M." (film) is Released
One A.M. was a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Films in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver.
1916 Aug 25 National Park Service is Founded
Realizing the specialized nature of national park work and the desirability of unifying the parks into one integrated system, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane in 1915 induced th...
1916 Aug 27 Romania Declares War on Austria-Hungary
The Romanian people rather inclined toward the side of the Allies from the beginning of the War, but they were prevented from following their inclinations by reason of the treacherous att...
1916 Aug 27
to 1916 Dec 6
 Romanian Campaign - The Burning of Constanza and the Evacuation of Bucharest
Romanian Army, 600,000 General Averescu General Asian Russian Army, 50,000 General Sakharov General Zaionchovsky Austro-German Army, 750,000 General von Falkenhayn General Mac...
1916 Aug 28 Italy Declares War on Germany
The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies, in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918. Italy hoped th...
1916 Aug 30 Turkey Declares War on Romania
The Romanian Campaign was a campaign in the Balkan theatre of World War I, with Romania and Russia allied against the armies of the Central Powers. The Romanian government signed a tre...
1916 Sep British Seize 33 American Vessels - The United States Denounces British Blockade as Illegal and Ineffective
The seizure by Great Britain of many American merchant vessels, laden with meat and other cargoes, while on the way to neutral ports, was the subject of brisk diplomatic exchanges during ...
1916 Sep 1 Bulgaria Declares War on Romania
In 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Thompson, a fluent French speaker, was sent to Bucharest as British military attaché on Kitchener's initiative to bring Romania into the war. But wh...
1916 Sep 3
to 1916 Sep 6
 Battle Of Guillemont
The Battle of Guillemont was a British assault on the German-held village of Guillemont during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Guillemont lay on the right flank of the British sector wher...