Yuan Shikai Abdicates as Emperor, Restores Republic, Returns to Presidency March 22, 1916
Date: March 22, 1916
Date: March 22, 1916
World War I: In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight. Date: February 25, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 25 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916US Senate Confirms…
World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when the second French offensive pushes the Germans back two or three kilometres, causing them to cease their attacks. Date: December 18, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 18 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More…
Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic. Date: April 24, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 24 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Manitoba…
A British army defeats a force of the Darfur Sultanate under Sultan Ali Dinar due to its superior firepower in the battle of Beringia. Date: May 22, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Arab…
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…
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 β π Other events on April 24 π Events on this day in 1916 π …