Easter Rising Ends: Irish Rebels Surrender in Dublin, April 29, 1916
Date: April 29, 1916
Date: April 29, 1916
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German LuftstreitkrΓ€fte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. Date: September 17, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 17 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Billy…
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive. Date: May 31, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 31 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem is first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum. Date: July 16, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 16 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916First Anzac Day Commemorated at ANZAC Cove…
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. Date: May 16, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 16 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today)…
Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later. Date: December 30, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 30 π Events on this day in…
The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the USβMexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa. Date: March 16, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916World War I:…