1916

Year 1916 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 13-day-slower ).

January



 * The first successful  using blood that had been stored and cooled.
 * painter paints Water Lilies series.
 * - Rainmaker  - begins; it will cause flooding around
 * - Allied forces withdraw from
 * / - A heavy storm sweeps through the in, causing extensive damage. This storm helped the Dutch parliament to decide to build the  and build  in the current.
 * - The (PGA) is formed
 * - A 611 chondrite type  struck a house near,.
 * to In, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to -48.8°C (44°F to -56°F) in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.
 * - In the  upholds the federal
 * - becomes the first  appointed to the.
 * - : is bombed by  s for the first time.
 * - : is bombed by  s for the first time.

February

 * - Parliament buildings in, are burned down.
 * - 6.00 p.m. - "founds"  (according to ).
 * is arrested for lecturing on.
 * presents its first concert.
 * n club  is founded.
 * - : In the  begins.
 * - : In the  begins.

March

 * -  Premier  term in office ends
 * - in  accepts first students
 * - night - -  leads 1,500  raiders in an attack against, killing 17. Garrison of US 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.
 * -  sends 12,000  troops over the  border to pursue ; 13th Cavalry regiment enters  territory.
 * - US 7th and 10th cavalry regiments under crosses the border to join the hunt of Villa
 * - torpedoed, resulting in
 * - First air combat mission in history as eight US planes take off in pursuit of
 * - At the age of 32, built a ceremonial fire, chipped off the caps on his teeth, performed a final tribal dance, and shot himself in the heart with a stolen pistol.
 * - Marriage of and . They would serve as the inspiration for the s  and.

April

 * - -  in
 * - in, 47th Brigade, 16th Irish Division decimated in one of the most heavily-concentrated gas attacks of the war
 * - The was invented by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg

May

 * - invade the.
 * - The  publishes its first cover with a painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").
 * - initiates.
 * - is decided.

June

 * is sworn in as a.
 * sinks off the, , with aboard
 * - The, the height of Russian operations in WWI, begins with the breakthrough of Austro-Hungarian lines.
 * - U.S. President signs a bill incorporating the.
 * - U.S. President signs a bill incorporating the.

July

 * - : More than 1 soldiers die during The  including 60,000 casualties for the  on the first day.
 * - : at least one shark mauled five swimmers along 80 miles of New Jersey coastline during the, resulting in four deaths and survival of one youth who required limb amputation. This event was the inspiration for author , over half a century later, to write .
 * - Massive flooding caused by two different hurricanes devastates Western North Carolina.
 * - In, incorporates Pacific Aero Products (later renamed ).
 * - In, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade killing 10 injuring 40. ( and  are later wrongly convicted of it)
 * July 23 - Birth of.
 * - In, a lightning strike ignites a forest fire that destroys the towns of and  - 233 dead
 * - German agents cause the in, an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least seven people.
 * - German agents cause the in, an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least seven people.

August

 * - joins the allies in the
 * - President Woodrow Wilson signs legislation creating the.

September

 * September - Bulgaria takes Dobruja from the Romanians.
 * - becomes the first pilot to shoot down a German  over Britain.
 * - Mary, a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of Erwin, Tennessee for killing her handler, Walter "Red" Eldridge.
 * - is proclaimed deposed as ruler of  in a palace coup in favor of his aunt.

October

 * - is elected.
 * - founds  by opening the first U.S. birth control clinic.
 * - :, marching on the n capital in support of his son Emperor , is defeated by Fitawrari , securing the throne for Empress.

November

 * - delivers in the  the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the  government.
 * - proclaimed by joint act of emperors of Germany and Austria
 * -, Cork, Ireland, a product of the Irish Arts & Crafts Movement(1894-1925), is dedicated.
 * defeats in the.
 * of becomes the first woman elected to the.
 * -  is expelled from the  over his support for.
 * - : ends - In, British Expeditionary Force commander  calls off the battle which started on , 1916.
 * - (built in 1911 and launched in 1914), the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the, sister ship of  and the legendary , sank after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives.
 * - ,:, the capital of , is occupied by the troops of the.
 * - shoots ,
 * - shoots ,

December

 * December - aircraft is introduced to combat the German-built  fighter aircraft.
 * - In the, an buries 18,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers.
 * - : - In the  desert, n and  mounted troops capture the  garrison.
 * - is murdered by two  family members.
 * - and his mercenaries seize  in  and declare Republic of Arauca. He proceeds to pillage the region before fleeing to
 * - The in, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the nation at the time, burns to the ground.

Undated

 * Rodeo's first side-delivery bucking chute designed and made by the boys, Raymond, Mel, Earl and their father John W. Bascom at ,
 * Cours de linguistique générale by is published.
 * in, , are cancelled.
 * Food is rationed in.
 * publishes his initial results on the of.
 * The is hit by a  storm that floods lowlands and kills 10.000 people.
 * founds scouts in Britain, changed to  in the.
 * claims he has a substitute for
 * composes , Opus 32
 * creates the series, the first of the.
 * is founded.
 * The Enrico Parodi sinks while in tow off the in,.

Ongoing

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Fictional
The following are references to year 1916 in fiction:


 *  (1941): In this year, runs for  and loses. Also in 1916, Emily Monroe Norton s him and, in either this year or in, he marries Susan Alexander.

January-February

 * -, American actress and consumer activist (d. )
 * January 3 -, American cellist
 * -, Estonian chess player (d. )
 * -, English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (d. )
 * -, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, Romanian author and politician (d. )
 * -, American computer designer
 * -, French composer
 * , American sailor
 * -, English actor
 * -, 41st master of the  order (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * , Bulgarian Foreign Minister (d. )
 * , Mayor of San Francisco (d. )
 * , English actress (d. )
 * , Japanese film director (d. )
 * , American gerontologist
 * , French military officer
 * -, English politician
 * -, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hieress
 * -, American dancer
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, Danish jazz violinist
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American dancer
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, Danish jazz violinist
 * -, American singer (d. )

March-April

 * -, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. )
 * , American actor, producer, writer and director (d. )
 * , Italian writer (d. )
 * , German-born psychologist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , American businessman and philanthropist (d. )
 * , American politician
 * -, American writer
 * -, American musician and band leader (d. )
 * , British singer (d. )
 * , Chilean author and politician
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, Swedish-born writer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Minnesota and Presidential candidate (d. )
 * -, American voice actor
 * , American photographer
 * , American journalist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Argentine composer (d. )
 * , American author
 * , American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (d. )
 * -, American actor and publisher (d. )
 * -, American department store heir (d. )
 * -, American-born violinist (d. )
 * -, American film critic
 * -, American founder of Christian Reconstructionism (d. )
 * , American writer
 * , American comic strip artist
 * -, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. )
 * , American information theorist (d. )
 * , American conductor (d. )
 * -, American founder of Christian Reconstructionism (d. )
 * , American writer
 * , American comic strip artist
 * -, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. )
 * , American information theorist (d. )
 * , American conductor (d. )
 * , American information theorist (d. )
 * , American conductor (d. )

May-June

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American experimental physicist (d. )
 * -, Indian spiritual leader (d. )
 * -, Brazilian industrialist and football league president
 * -, American composer
 * -, Spanish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Canadian boxer (d. )
 * -, Czech writer
 * -, Italian athlete (d. )
 * -, British author and historian
 * , American musician
 * , Dutch runner (d. )
 * , American novelist (d. )
 * -, Dutch journalist (d. )
 * , Dutch filmmaker (d. )
 * , British historian
 * -, American chemist, recipient of the
 * -, baseball player and manager
 * -, English molecular biologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, U.S. Secretary of Defense
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Colombian politician (d. )
 * , Austrian educator (d. )
 * , English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * , Austrian educator (d. )
 * , English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American politician

July-August

 * , British actress
 * , American architect
 * , German pilot (d. )
 * , Brazilian author and photographer
 * , "Tokyo Rose" (d. )
 * , Canadian painter
 * -, American actress, screenwriter, and author
 * -, (d. )
 * , Russian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , twenty-first
 * , British actor
 * -, Italian author (d. )
 * -, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * , French boxer (d. )
 * , American singer and musician (d. )
 * -, British Army Sergeant and author
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American producer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American game show producer (d. )
 * -, Italian Cardinal
 * -, American puppeter
 * -, American conservationist and author
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, Estonian chess player (d. )
 * , American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , American actor
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, American umpire in Major League Baseball (d. )
 * , American journalist
 * , American politician
 * , American actor
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, American umpire in Major League Baseball (d. )
 * , American journalist
 * , American politician
 * , American politician

September-October

 * , American tennis player
 * , American politician
 * -, Welsh author (d. )
 * -, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. )
 * -, American artist
 * , American television producer (d. )
 * , Scottish veterinarian and author (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate
 * -, American actress, playwright, and novelist (d. )
 * -, United States Surgeon General
 * , French immunologist, recipient of the
 * , Ukrainian pianist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * , Ukrainian pianist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )

November-December

 * -, American architect
 * -, American television journalist
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Irish painter
 * -, British politician
 * -, American television writer and producer
 * -, American voice actor (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, German tenor
 * -, American basketball announcer (d. )
 * , queen of (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Cuban musician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , Scottish-born union leader
 * , German political scientist
 * , English film director
 * , English World War II spy (d. )
 * -, Venezuelan singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American jazz violinist and bassist (d.)
 * , English film director
 * , English World War II spy (d. )
 * -, Venezuelan singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American jazz violinist and bassist (d.)

January - June

 * -, Australian footballer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Nicaraguan writer (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, Danish painter (b. )
 * -, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, German artist (b. )
 * -, Spanish composer (ship sinking) (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, French Grand Prix driver (killed in action) (b. )
 * -, Irish nationalist (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Irish socialist (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian Yiddish writer (b. )
 * -, Hungarian military general and politician (b. )
 * -, British field marshal and statesman (b. )
 * -, Chinese military official and politician (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )

July - December

 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Russian microbiologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Scottish chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Australian VC recipient (killed in battle) (b. )
 * - Sir, Irish nationalist (executed) (b. )
 * -, American activist (b. )
 * -, Spanish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American meteorologist (b. )
 * -, American preacher (b. )
 * -, Romanian general (killed in action) (b. )
 * -, British fighter pilot (b. )
 * , American politician (b. )
 * , British writer (b. )
 * -, Polish writer, laureate (b. )
 * - Emperor (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American firearms inventor (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Russian mystic (b. )
 * -, Russian mystic (b. )

Nobel Prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded