Max Reger’s Hebbel Requiem First Performed in Memorial Concert, July 16, 1916
Date: July 16, 1916
Date: July 16, 1916
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 β π Other events on June 3 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916World War I: Central Powers…
Battle of Verdun: German attack captures CΓ΄te 265 at the west end of Mort-Homme but the French 75th Infantry Brigade manages to hold CΓ΄te 295 at the east end. Date: March 14, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 14 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day…
Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann become the first German aviators to earn the Pour le MΓ©rite, 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 β π Other events on January 12 π Events on this day in 1916 π …
World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. Date: July 1, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day…
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 β π Other events on May 16 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today)…
Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency. Date: March 22, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 22 π Events on this day in 1916 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Boeing Founded in Seattle by William Boeing and George Westervelt,…