1916 events

World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out. Date: June 5, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position. Date: June 5, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. Date: June 4, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. Date: June 3, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice. Date: June 1, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is infamously lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder. Date: May 15, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island. Date: May 10, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)