1916 Calendar
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1916 Historical Event(s)
January 9, 1916
– World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
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.
April 24, 1916
– Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.
April 29, 1916
– World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
August 27, 1916
– Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
November 1, 1916
– Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous “stupidity or treason” speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
November 5, 1916
– The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
November 19, 1916
– Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
Who Were Born On 1916?
January 3, 1916
– Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
January 10, 1916
– Eldzier Cortor, American painter
January 24, 1916
– Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
March 29, 1916
– Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
April 4, 1916
– Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)
June 9, 1916
– Jurij Brězan, Sorbian writer (d. 2006)
October 31, 1916
– Carl Johan Bernadotte, former Prince of Sweden
November 29, 1916
– Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
December 11, 1916
– Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)