In 1916, Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur was completed, allowing Trans-Siberian trains to cross the river without using ferries ( or temporary rail tracks over the frozen river in winter ).

On January 13 and 14, 1916 the dikes at several places along the Zuiderzee broke under the stress of a winter storm, and the land behind them flooded, as had often happened in previous centuries.

Grand Duchess Tatiana in 1916 From left to right, Grand Duchess Olga, Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Grand Duchess Tatiana at Tobolsk in the winter of 1917 – 1918.

Terrace Park was incorporated in 1893, and was the winter residence of the Robinson Circus until 1916.

J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, stayed in Great Haywood during the winter of 1916 / 17 and in his story ' The Tale of the Sun and the Moon ' ( The Book of Lost Tales 1 ) he writes about a gnome called Gilfanon who owned an ancient house "... the House of a Hundred Chimneys, that stands nigh the bridge of Tavrobel ".

Late in 1915, Bristol was assigned the duties of aide and torpedo officer on the staff of Commander, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet and, in the winter of 1916, he became aide and flag secretary to the Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet.

In the winter of 1916 / 1917 150, 000 people were dependent on food aid, and strikes broke out.

Until the severe winter of 1916 – 17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands ; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically " wiped out.

A bitter winter set in shortly after, however, effectively ending major operations on the Western Front for 1916.

This was opposed by the Swedish organizers, but Brunetta d ' Usseaux managed to get a winter sports week scheduled for 1916.

In the winter of 1915 – 1916, early aircraft began to use the open farmlands at Manston as a site for emergency landings.

Bean in the mud of Gird Trench near Gueudecourt, Somme, France, during the winter of 1916 — 17

It was constructed by the Germans ( using Russian PoWs as labour ) during the winter of 1916 – 17.

In the winter of 1916 he studied medicine at the same university ; his family moved from Davle to a country manor Humburky, not far from Prague and Vladislav met 19-years old Ludmila ' Lida ' Tuhá, a student of medicine.

Owing to the advent of the southern winter and the prevailing ice conditions, it was more than three months before Shackleton was able to achieve the relief of the men at Elephant Island but eventually, with the aid of the steam-tug Yelcho, the entire party was brought to safety, reaching Punta Arenas in Chile on 3 September 1916.

Joining the battalion in November 1916 at Flers, France, Buckley served with it as it manned defensive positions along the Somme during the winter months.

Deering used Vizcaya as his winter residence from 1916 until his death in 1925.

The First Army took part in the epic retreat of the Serbian Army through the Albanian mountains during the winter of 1915 and 1916, during which it suffered heavy casualties due to hunger, frostbite, attack from Albanian bands ( Albania officially supported the Entente ) and exhaustion.

Believing that he could not survive another winter in damp Seattle, in 1916 his mother relocated them one more time, this time moving to the warmer, drier climate of San Diego, California, where they were both to remain for the remainders of their lives.

Skiing began in Banff in the 1890s and received its main impetus with the winter carnival in 1916.

: Toynbee ’ s description and analysis stop with the winter of 1915 and the spring of 1916, by which time the bulk of the Armenian population has been killed or deported.

He returned to America in the winter of 1916 and launched a fresh relief appeal to raise ten million dollars.

Even though they do not compete directly with cultivated plants, sometimes winter annuals are considered a pest in commercial agriculture, because they can be hosts for insect pests or fungal diseases ( ovary smut – Microbotryum sp ) which attack crops being cultivated.

* Aegean Sea Surface Water – thick veneer, with summer temperatures of 21 – 26 ° C and winter temperatures ranging from in the north to in the south.

According to Atanasoff's account, several key principles of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer were conceived in a sudden insight after a long nighttime drive during the winter of 1937 – 38.

Subgenus Alnus: Trees with stalked shoot buds, male and female catkins produced in autumn ( fall ) but stay closed over winter, pollinating in late winter or early spring, about 15 – 25 species, including:

The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805 – 1806 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure south and west of modern day Astoria.

The winter months of November to February are mild and temperate with average temperatures ranging from 15 – 18 ° C ( 59 – 64 ° F ) with little or no humidity.

During the winter of 1939 – 40, Hitler decreased the size of the fighting manpower in order to return as many skilled workers to the factories as was possible.

For example, during the 872-day Siege of Leningrad, reports of cannibalism began to appear in the winter of 1941 – 1942, after all birds, rats and pets were eaten by survivors.

The winter is possibly the busiest season ; the area can be found packed with downhill skiers, cross-country skiers, ice-fishers, snow-shoers and – most of all-snowmobilers.

In the winter of 357 – 8, Constantius received ambassadors from Shapur II who demanded that Rome restore the lands surrendered by Narseh.

The winter of 1837 – 38 saw rebellion in both of the Canadas, with the result they were rejoined as the Province of Canada in 1841.

It was given its current name by Frank Beckwith, leader of the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition, who explored the area in the winter of 1933 – 1934.

Over the winter of 284 – 85, Diocletian advanced west across the Balkans.

Diocletian met Maximian in Milan in the winter of 290 – 91, either in late December 290 or January 291.

He visited Egypt once, over the winter of 301 – 2, and issued a grain dole in Alexandria.

Over the winter of 304 – 5 he kept within his palace at all times.

Mountbatten expressed his feelings towards the use of nuclear weapons in combat in his article " A Military Commander Surveys The Nuclear Arms Race ", which was published shortly after his death in International Security in the winter of 1979 – 80.

The two regiments of the Foreign Legion took part, as the " Foreign Brigade ", in the battle of Alma ( 20 September 1854 ) and the siege of Sevastopol, during the winter of 1854 – 1855.

He was in Rome when it struck in 166 AD, and was also present in the winter of 168 – 69 during an outbreak among troops stationed at Aquileia.

The decision to build a major seaport at the Gdynia village was made by the Polish government in the winter of 1920, in the midst of the Polish-Soviet War ( 1919 – 1920 ).

He returned the following winter ( 1858 – 59 ) with the bark Ocean Bird and schooner tenders A. M. Simpson and Kate.