51 events found for 1916
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
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Is
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove
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
Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha
Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed
Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles fr
A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is infamously lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of r
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
Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a
World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out
The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca