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1916 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s decade.
What happened and who was famous in 1916? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1916.
Jul 22, 2015 · Historical events from year 1916. Learn about 282 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1916 or search by date or keyword.
6 days ago · At 7:15 am on February 21, 1916, the heaviest German artillery bombardment yet seen in the war began on a front of eight miles around Verdun, and the French trenches and barbed wire fields there were flattened out or upheaved in a chaos of tumbled earth.
May 28, 2024 · Battle of Verdun, (February 21–December 18, 1916), World War I engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive. It was one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war; French casualties amounted to about 400,000, German ones to about 350,000.
May 22, 2024 · Summary of the Easter Rising, the Irish republican insurrection against British government in Ireland, which began on April 24, 1916, in Dublin.
Mar 20, 2015 · The 1916 Easter Rising saw the first separatist shots fired in a campaign which was to destroy the United Kingdom of 1914 and lead to the secession of more than 20% of the country’s land-mass.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Easter Rising was a week-long insurrection against British rule in Ireland in April 1916 that spurred the eventual formation of the Irish Free State.
Mar 23, 2016 · The years leading up to the rebellion against British rule in Ireland in April 1916 were marked by significant political, cultural and military developments in Ireland and throughout Europe.
The 1916 film The Battle of the Somme is uniquely significant both as the compelling documentary record of one of the key battles of the First World War (and indeed one which has come to typify many aspects of this landmark in 20th Century history) and as the first feature-length documentary film record of combat produced anywhere in the world.
