Its first modern incidence in biological warfare were when Scandinavian " freedom fighters " supplied by the German General Staff used anthrax with unknown results against the Imperial Russian Army in Finland in 1916.

In 1916, General Alexei Brusilov had used infiltration tactics and surprise during the Brusilov Offensive.

General Post Office ( Dublin ) | The GPO on O ' Connell Street was at the centre of the 1916 Easter Rising.

The title was briefly revived from 12 December 1915 to 22 March 1916 by President Yuan Shikai and again in early July 1917 when General Zhang Xun attempted to restore last Qing emperor Puyi to the throne.

* The 1916 Rising by Norman Teeling a 10-painting suite acquired by An Post for permanent display at the General Post Office ( Dublin )

General relativity, or the general theory of relativity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916 and the current description of gravitation in modern physics.

* 1916 – C. Everett Koop, 13th United States Surgeon General

In his final despatch of May 1919, General Jacob van Deventer placed the German forces at the commencement of 1916 at 2, 700 whites and 12, 000 blacks.

** Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Mongolian Communist leader, former Party General Secretary, Prime Minister and Head of State ( b. 1916 )

After 1916, when the Kingdom of Romania entered World War I on the Entente side, Ion Antonescu acted as chief of staff for General Constantin Prezan.

By 1916, Chevrolet was profitable enough with successful sales of the cheaper Series 490 to allow Durant to repurchase a controlling interest in General Motors.

As Germany's Chief of the General Staff from 1916, he and his deputy, Erich Ludendorff, rose in the German public's esteem until Hindenburg came to eclipse the Kaiser himself.

In January 1916 Haig ordered General Plumer to plan offensives against Messines Ridge, Lille and Houthoulst Forest.

In June 1916 Lloyd George succeeded Kitchener ( drowned en route to Russia ) as Secretary of State for War, although he had little control over strategy, as General Robertson had been given direct right of access to the Cabinet so as to bypass Kitchener.

* Blackburn General Purpose ( 1916 )-twin engine three seat seaplane biplane anti-submarine patrol bomber

Consequently, pursuant to a Directive of the General Staff enacted on 5 August 1915, the Verdun sector was to be stripped of over 50 complete batteries and 128, 000 rounds of artillery ammunition: a process that was still in progress at the end of January 1916.

By late 1916, the German troops were exhausted, and Falkenhayn had been replaced as Chief of the General Staff by Paul von Hindenburg.

The departure of General Pétain from his Verdun command on 1 June, 1916 and his replacement by General Nivelle had a negative impact on the soldiers ' morale to a point that five infantry regiments were affected by short-lived episodes of collective indiscipline.

* Robert Alexander Walker ( 1916 – 1989 ), Saskatchewan lawyer and Attorney General

Chaired by General Joseph Joffre, the commander-in-chief of the French Army, Allied representatives agreed on a concerted offensive against the Central Powers in 1916 by the French, British, Italian and Russian armies.

During February 1916, plans for the joint offensive on the Somme were still in the hands of the General Staff when the Germans began an offensive against the French at Verdun.

12 to General Sir H. Rawlinson, 16 June 1916 Stating the Objectives ') and that preparations should be made for an advance of to Bapaume should German resistance crumble, " If the first attack goes well every effort must be made to develop the success to the utmost by firstly opening a way for our cavalry and then as quickly as possible pushing the cavalry through to seize Bapaume ...." ( Note O. A. D.

The French counter offensive devised by General Robert Nivelle was one of a number of Allied successes of 1916.

Between 1916 and 1921, there was a vogue of V12s, during which National ( Indianapolis ) copied the Packard engine, and Weidely Motors ( also of Indianapolis ) offered a proprietary engine.

In 1916, William C. Durant, who founded General Motors in 1908, had retaken GM from bankers who had taken over the company.

Midgley began working at General Motors in 1916.

Ransom E. Olds, the founder and head of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company that was the foundation for the later establishment of Oldsmobile by General Motors Corporation, built a grand summer estate on Elba Island in 1916, which caught fire due to electrical mishaps in 2005, however was restored by the current owner and still stands today.

In 1916 Hyatt merged with other companies into United Motors Company, which soon became part of General Motors Corporation.

In 1916, the Thomas B. Jeffery Company was purchased by Charles W. Nash and became Nash Motors Company in 1917.

At the time of invention, both Hugh and Stanley Rockwell ( not direct relations ) worked for the New Departure Manufacturing Co. of Bristol, CT. New Departure was a major ball bearing manufacturer that, in 1916, became part of United Motors and, shortly thereafter, General Motors Corp.

Columbia Motors was incorporated in 1916, with J. G. Bayerline as company president and produced two models powered by Continental six-cylinder engines.

By 1916 the profits from the Chevrolet company allowed Durant to repurchase a controlling stake in General Motors, and by 1917 the Chevrolet company that Louis had cofounded was folded into General Motors.

During his presidency from 1916 – 1920, Durant brought the Chevrolet product line, as well as Fisher Body and Frigidaire into General Motors.

Andrew R. Cobb designed several campus buildings including: Raynor Hall Residence, 1916 ; Horton House, designed by Cobb in the Georgian style, and built by James Reid of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia was opened in 1915 as Horton Academy.

Mutual gave Chaplin his own Los Angeles studio to work in, which opened in March 1916.

The current campus opened in 1916 and extends over along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.

In 1916, Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, which led to her arrest for distributing information on contraception.

On October 16, 1916, Sanger opened a family planning and birth control clinic at 46 Amboy St. in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, the first of its kind in the United States.

Now called Calabar, the city remained an important port shipping ivory, timber, beeswax, and palm produce until 1916, when the railway terminus was opened at Port Harcourt, 145 km to the west.

Meanwhile, in Bellevuestraße, sandwiched between Café Josty and the Hotel Esplanade but extending right through the block with a separate entrance in Potsdamer Straße, was the Weinhaus Rheingold, built by Bruno Schmitz ( 1858 – 1916 ) and opened on 6 February 1907.

Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase, with a few barracks and a field serving as platform and runways.

In August 1916, upon the start of the Romanian campaign, Romanian troops crossed the Carpathian Mountains, marching into the Austro-Hungarian-ruled region of Transylvania, but their effort was halted when the Central Powers opened new fronts.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol opened on September 16, 1916 as a military airfield, but only accepted civil aircraft from December 17, 1920, allowing Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia — which started operations in January 1920 — to claim to be one of the world's oldest continually operating commercial airports.

Rome Ciampino Airport, opened 1916, is also a contender.

In 1911, the choir and the crossing were opened, and the foundation for Cram's nave began to be excavated in 1916.

Hawthorn Bridge cable tram terminus to Auburn Road, via Burwood Road, Power Street and Riversdale Road, opened in 1890 and closed on 31 January 1916 after being sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust for conversion to electric traction.

When it opened to the public in 1916, it was the largest pier in the world.

His first store opened in 1916.

HM Factory, Gretna, the largest propellant factory in the United Kingdom, which opened in 1916, was by 1917 producing 800 tons ( 812 tonne ) of Cordite RDB per week ( approximately 41, 600 tons per year ).

Norwegian immigrant Knut Hovden founded Hovden Food Products Corporation which opened on July 7, 1916.

In 1872, Humboldt College was opened and closed in 1916 because there was no agreement with the county about taxation.

The first post office in Orland opened in 1916.

The Willow post office opened in 1862 ; the name was changed to Willows in 1916.

The first post office opened at Oildale in 1916.

The Marina post office opened in 1916.

Ferry service operated for many years between parts of town on either side of the river until the first bridge was opened in 1916.

The People's Bank opened in 1915 and closed in 1916, and the Ambrose-Enigma Banking Company opened on June 5, 1917 and closed around 1920.