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1916 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1916, the ...
July 1–12 – At least one shark mauls five swimmers along 80 miles (130 km) of New Jersey coastline during the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, resulting in four deaths and the survival of one youth who required limb amputation. This event is the inspiration for author Peter Benchley, over half a century later, to write Jaws.
The year 1916 involved a number of significant events in science and technology, some of which are listed below. Astronomy ...
1916 – Adamson Act; 1916 – Federal Farm Loan Act; 1916 – Jones Act; 1916 – 1916 United States presidential election: Woodrow Wilson is reelected president and Thomas R. Marshall is reelected vice president, by a mere 3,773 votes in California; 1916 – Germany agrees to restrict submarine warfare; 1916 – The Great Migration begins
Gallipoli evacuations, a major Ottoman victory and a "disaster for the Allies." December 19 Western: Douglas Haig replaces John French as commander of the British Expeditionary Force. December 23 African, Kamerun: Carl Zimmermann orders the retreat of all German forces and civilians in Kamerun to the Spanish colony of Río Muni.
The following events occurred in January 1916: ... Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad – The British relief force of 13,000 under command of Major-General George Younghusband ...
1916 events in Europe by month (10 C) * 1916 sports events by month (8 C) 0–9. January 1916 events (2 C, 22 P) February 1916 events (2 C, 11 P) March 1916 events (3 ...
The following events occurred in July 1916: July 1, 1916 ... French historian, major author on the French Revolution, killed in action during the Battle of the ...