6818 events
World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New…
World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by
Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule
World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrend
Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easte
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreem
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreem
A British army defeats a force of the Darfur Sultanate under Sultan Ali Dinar due to its superior firepower in the battl
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the w
The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the f
The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men
World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia
World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out
British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising
World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the
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…