World War I: Central Powers Capture Bucharest, December 6, 1916

The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights. Date: January 28, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events…

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) More events from 1916Jesse Washington Lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916World War I: Russia Launches Erzurum Offensive, Defeats Ottoman…

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) More events from 1916Romania Signs Secret Treaty with Entente Powers, Joins Allies August 17, 1916National Defense Act Expands…

World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. Date: September 3, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 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) More events from 1916Mary Pickford Signs…

Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island. Date: May 6, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…