1916 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in August 1916: Battle of Verdun...

The action of 19 August 1916 was one of two attempts in 1916 by the German High Seas Fleet to engage elements of the British Grand Fleet, following the...

1916 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1916. 1916 (MCMXVI) was...

criticised ever since 1916 for the human cost of the battle and for failing to achieve their territorial objectives. On 1 August 1916, Churchill, then out...

The list of shipwrecks in August 1916 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1916. For the sinking of the Japanese cruiser...

your successes. After Romania declared war on Austria-Hungary on 15 August 1916, Mackensen was given command of a multinational army, with General Emil...

Scotland on 25 January 1915. The ship was launched on 8 January 1916 and completed on 18 August 1916, after the Battle of Jutland. Her construction cost £2,829...

The 1916 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1916), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad (German: Spiele der VI. Olympiade), were...

screenwriter (d. 1979) 1913 – George Van Eps, American guitarist (d. 1998) 1916 – Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (d. 2008)...

Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001) 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970) 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and...

1851 – George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (d. 1916) 1856 – Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (d. 1934) 1857...

German General Staff of the First World War from September 1914 until 29 August 1916. Falkenhayn replaced General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger after his...

of the Isonzo - 1–4 November 1916 Tenth Battle of the Isonzo - 12 May–8 June 1917 Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo - 19 August–12 September 1917 Twelfth Battle...

west, the Suez Canal was defended from Ottoman attacks in 1915 and 1916; in August 1916, a German and Ottoman force was defeated at the Battle of Romani...

years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May...

pilot (b. 1916) 2012 – Irving Fein, American producer and manager (b. 1911) 2012 – William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (b. 1916) 2012 – Carlo...

1915 – November 1916) Admiral John Jellicoe – Commander of the Grand Fleet (August 1914 – November 1916); First Sea Lord (November 1916 – December 1917)...

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 5 August 1916, the first elections held after women's suffrage was introduced. Following reforms to the...

launched on 18 August 1916 and commissioned on 26 June 1917. As completed, her complement numbered 737 officers and ratings. On 2 August 1917, while performing...

1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. 1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald...

against the Russians, including at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes. By August 1916, he had successfully lobbied for Hindenburg's appointment as Supreme...

needed]. In August 1916, the army was structured as follows: I Corps 14th Division, 16th Division Dardanelles Fortified Area Command In December 1916, the army...

Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) 2004 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (b. 1921) 2004...

keeping with the usual practice not to gazette awards to foreigners. From August 1916, recipients of the Cross were entitled to use the post-nominal letters...

August 1917", "Palestine, October 1917", and "Transylvania, January 1918". In Australia, "Somme, Early August 1916" and "Germany, Mid-August 1916" originally...

Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland...

Petite Douve Farm was abandoned after the German camouflet blast of 27/28 August 1916. The evening before the attack, Harington, the Second Army Chief of Staff...

the war of the Kingdom of Romania on the Allied side in August 1916, he was replaced on 29 August by Hindenburg. The tenure of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg...

The 1916 United States presidential election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic President...

ordered from Germaniawerft, Kiel on 23 August 1914, was laid down on 28 December 1914 and launched on 18 March 1916. She was commissioned under her first...