Date: August 5, 1916
The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights. Date: January 28, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events…
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove. Date: April 25, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Boeing Founded in Seattle by William Boeing…
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. Date: January 9, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916World War…
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). Date: July 15, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916World War I: First Day of the Somme Battle,…
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance. Date: April 24, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅…
The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington. Date: July 7, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Albert Einstein Submits General Relativity Paper March 20, 1916Battle of Verdun: Germans Capture Fort Douaumont, February…