British Defeat Darfur Sultanate at Battle of Beringia, May 22, 1916
Date: May 22, 1916
Date: May 22, 1916
Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann become the first German aviators to earn the Pour le Mรฉrite, receive the German Empire's highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft. Date: January 12, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ …
The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients. Date: February 24, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Louis Brandeis Sworn In as First Jewish U.S. Supreme…
World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire's Third Army. Date: January 10, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 10 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Germany Declares War on Romania, August…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events…
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 โ ๐ Other events on April 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ …
World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. Date: March 8, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 8 ๐ Events on this day in 1916 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Boelcke and Immelmann Earn…