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)
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita. Date: December 30, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in…
World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Date: December 23, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. Date: December 6, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. Date: November 30, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the war. Date: November 21, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. Date: November 19, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. Date: November 18, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)