The first tank to engage in battle was designated D1, a British Mark I, during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette ( part of the Somme Offensive ) on 15 September 1916.

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

In May 1916 the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Russia agreed the Sykes – Picot Agreement, which defined their proposed spheres of influence and control in Western Asia should the Triple Entente succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 — shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle — and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 — leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.

Louis was posted as midshipman to the battlecruiser HMS Lion in July 1916 and, after seeing action in August 1916, transferred to the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the closing phases of World War I.

The Easter Rising () was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916.

* 1916 – Germans captured Fort Douaumont during Battle of Verdun.

The rapid economic growth stimulated by World War I, which had raised the incomes of industrial workers and profits of the employers during 1915 and 1916, collapsed with the February Revolution.

Since 1809, the Grand Duchy had benefited from a customs organization, an independent domestic state budget, its own currency ( Finnish markka, since 1860 ) and the industrial progress during 1860 – 1916.

In 1916 he was drafted into the German Army, but only worked in horse stables in Berlin during World War I.

Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme ( 1916 ) | Battle of the Somme in World War I.

* 1916 – In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.

* 1916 – Erzurum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.

It was however reconstituted in 1916 during World War I and stationed in Meru.

The beginnings of the modern army arose during 1916, when the French government established the " Legion of the Orient ", which included Lebanese soldiers.

UK | British Vickers machine gun in action near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

The movement, which lasted from approximately 1916 to 1922, arose during World War I, an event that influenced the artists.

These treatments were applied and promoted further during the Polio outbreak of 1916.

The first great modern change in Siberia was the Trans-Siberian railway, constructed during 1891 – 1916.

The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932.

While he presided in the Senate, emotions sometimes ran high, including during a debate on the Mexican border crisis in 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 Lord Kilbracken wrote that " I have often been asked during the present war ( 1916 ) what I thought Mr. Gladstone's attitude would have been if he had been alive at this day.

The bombings in 1916 were more intense than in 1915.

The previous year had been marked by the costly success of the Franco — British offensive astride the river Somme, while the French had been unable to take the initiative because of intense German pressure at Verdun until after August 1916.

On the night of the 28 / 29 July 1916 near Pozières, France, during a night attack the infantry was temporarily driven back by the intense machine-gun fire from the enemy trenches.

During the Battle of the Ancre Heights on 8 October 1916 at Regina Trench, Somme, France, the company was held up by very strong wire and came under intense fire.

Following three days of intense bombardment the infantry attack began at 12: 35pm on 26 September 1916, with the four assault divisions attacking along a 6, 000 yard front.

Richardson ( 1998 ) examines the social, political, economic, class, and professional factors that contributed to ideological and practical differences between leaders of the Alberta Association of Graduate Nurses ( AAGN ), established in 1916, and the United Farm Women of Alberta ( UFWA ), founded in 1915, regarding the promotion and acceptance of midwifery as a recognized subspecialty of registered nurses.

Following a protracted period of factional struggle, in 1916 the party's anti-war forces gained decisive control of the party and saw the defection of its pro-war Right Wing.

He was stationed at the McDougall Methodist Church in Winnipeg in 1916, and called for the church to lead the labour movement in its struggle against the prevailing tendencies of North American capitalism.

Some of her novels were Dekabristy ( The Decembrists, 1906 ), Zhizn '- kopeika ( Life isn't worth a kopeck, 1916 ), Novaya sila ( New strength, 1926 ), Serdtse tsarevicha ( The tsarevich's heart, 1928 ), and Bor ' ba dvukh mirov ( The struggle of two worlds, 1931 ).

* 1916 – Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

To the infantryman, there may be little to distinguish between combat as part of a minor raid or as a major offensive, nor is it likely that he anticipates the future course of the battle ; few of the British infantry who went over the top on the first day on the Somme, July 1, 1916, would have anticipated that they would be fighting the same battle in five months ' time.

The family plot of Damon Runyon in Woodlawn Cemetery ( Bronx, New York ) | Woodlawn CemeteryRunyon's marriage to Ellen Egan produced two children ( Mary and Damon, Jr .), and broke up in 1928 over rumors that Runyon had become infatuated with a Mexican girl he had first met while covering the Pancho Villa raids in 1916 and discovered once again in New York, when she called the American seeking him out.

Early on Monday morning, 24 April 1916, roughly 1, 200 Volunteers and Citizen Army members took over strongpoints in Dublin city centre.

The republic proved short-lived as Albania collapsed with the onset of World War I. Greece held the area between 1914 and 1916, and unsuccessfully tried to annex it in March 1916, however in 1917 it was driven from the area by Italy, who took over most of Albania.

In September 1916, following an attack on St Albans, the German Airship SL 11 became the first airship to be brought down over England.

Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord in November 1916 and turned over command of the Grand Fleet to Admiral David Beatty.

In 1916, Landis presided over the " Ryan Baby " or " Baby Iraene " case.

On 3 November 2008 a work by Malevich entitled Suprematist Composition from 1916 set the world record for any Russian work of art and any work sold at auction for that year, selling at Sotheby ’ s in New York City for just over $ 60 million U. S. ( far surpassing his previous record of $ 17 million set in 2000 ).

The Second International ( 1888 – 1916 ) became divided over the issue of World War I.

In 1916, Pickford signed a new contract with Zukor that granted her full authority over production of the films in which she starred, and a record-breaking salary of $ 500 a week.

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

* 1916 – President Woodrow Wilson sends 4, 800 United States troops over the U. S .- Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

* 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Gross industrial production in 1917 had decreased by over 36 percent from what it had been in 1916.

The Ottomans officially renounced sovereignty over Qatar in 1913, and in 1916 the new ruler, Jassim bin Mohammed's son, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, signed a treaty with Britain bringing the peninsula into the trucial system.

In 1916 Romania entered World War I on the Entente side, after the Entente agreed to recognize Romanian rights over Transylvania, which was part of Austria-Hungary until that time.

Wilson, after deliberating, decided keeping Marshall on would demonstrate party unity ; thus in 1916 Marshall won reelection over the still divided Republican Party and became the first vice president re-elected since John C. Calhoun in 1828, and Wilson and Marshall became the first president and vice president team to be re-elected since Monroe and Tompkins in 1820.

The rules evolved over time: in the Philippines by 1916, the skill and power of the set and spike had been introduced, and four years later a " three hits " rule and a rule against hitting from the back row were established.

But according to an older version of Grace's career record, published by Wisden in 1916, Grace played in 878 first-class matches over the same span.

The IWW was involved in over 150 strikes, including the Lawrence textile strike ( 1912 ), the Paterson silk strike ( 1913 ) and the Mesabi range ( 1916 ).

Other topics include modifying the country's boundaries ( 1871, 1949 ), transfer payments ( 1907 ), temporary changes due to two world wars ( 1916, 1943 ), federal-provincial powers ( 1930, 1964 ), power over changes in the constitution ( No. 2 ), the creation of new social programs ( 1951, 1964 ), and mandatory retirement ages in the Canadian government ( 1960, 1965 )

In 1916, New Jersey launched a lawsuit against New York over issues of rail freight, with the Interstate Commerce Commission ( ICC ) issuing an order that the two states work together, subordinating their own interests to the public interest.