Date: November 18, 1916
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) More events from 1916World…
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. Date: September 17, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Louis…
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)…
World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France. Date: June 30, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916World War I: SM U-73 Mines…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1916Shackleton Arrives at South Georgia After 800-Mile Lifeboat Voyage,…