Editing 1916 (section)

== Events ==
Below, the events of the [[First World War]] have the "WWI" prefix.

=== January ===
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* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[British Empire|British]] [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] carries out the first successful [[blood transfusion]], using blood that has been stored and cooled.
* [[January 9]] &ndash; WWI: [[Gallipoli Campaign]] – The last British troops are evacuated from [[Gallipoli]], as the [[Ottoman Empire]] prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture [[Constantinople]].
* [[January 10]] &ndash; WWI: [[Erzurum Offensive]] – Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
* [[January 12]] &ndash; The [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] Colony, part of the [[British Empire]], is established in modern-day [[Tuvalu]] and [[Kiribati]].<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/3899/95791/F656430737/TUV3899.pdf The Constitution of Tuvalu - ILO: www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/3899/95791/F656430737/TUV3899.pdf]</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Wadi (1916)|Battle of Wadi]] – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] in modern-day [[Iraq]].
* [[January 29]] &ndash; WWI: Paris is bombed by [[German Empire|German]] [[zeppelin]]s.
* [[January 31]] &ndash; WWI: An attack is planned on [[Verdun]], France.

=== February ===
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* [[February 9]] (6.00 p.m.) &ndash; [[Tristan Tzara]] "founds" the art movement [[Dadaism]] (according to [[Hans Arp]]).
* [[February 11]]
** [[Emma Goldman]] is arrested for lecturing on [[birth control]] in the United States.
** The [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]] presents its first concert in the United States.
** The [[Romania]]n [[Association football]] club [[FC Sportul Studențesc București|Sportul Studențesc]] is founded in [[Bucharest]].
* [[February 12]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Salaita Hill]] ([[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]]) &ndash; South African and other British Empire troops fail to take a [[German East Africa]]n defensive position.
* [[February 21]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Battle of Verdun]] begins in [[French Third Republic|France]].

=== March ===
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* [[March 8]]&ndash;[[March 9|9]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Pancho Villa]] leads about 500 Mexican raiders in an [[Battle of Columbus (1916)|attack against Columbus, New Mexico]], killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. [[13th Cavalry Regiment]] fights back and drives them away.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; The [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] concludes with an understanding that the United Kingdom would recognise Arab independence in return for [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca]], launching the [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[March 15]] &ndash; United States President [[Woodrow Wilson]] sends 12,000 United States troops over the [[U.S.–Mexico border]] to pursue [[Pancho Villa]]; the 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican territory.
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: The U.S. [[7th Cavalry Regiment|7th]] and [[10th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|10th Cavalry]] regiments under [[John J. Pershing]] cross the border, to join the hunt for Villa.
* [[March 22]] &ndash; The temporary [[Emperor of China]], [[Yuan Shikai]], abdicates the throne, and the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] is restored once again.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; French ferry {{SS|Sussex}} is [[torpedo]]ed by {{ship|SM|UB-29}} in the [[English Channel]], with at least 50 killed (including the composer [[Enrique Granados]]), resulting on [[May 4]] in the [[Sussex pledge|''Sussex'' Pledge]] by Germany to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/torpedoed_on_the_crossing_to_dieppe_1_954799|title=Torpedoed on the crossing to Dieppe|first=Peter|last=Bailey|newspaper=Sussex Express|location=Lewes|date=2005-12-15|access-date=2013-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905060048/http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/torpedoed_on_the_crossing_to_dieppe_1_954799|archive-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== April ===
[[File:Easter Proclamation of 1916.png|thumb|200px|[[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]] distributed during the [[Easter Rising]]]]
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* [[April]]
** The toggle [[light switch]] is invented, by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg.
** [[Korea Tungsten Company|Korea Tungsten]] is founded in [[Daegu]], predecessor of leading [[steel]] producer in Asia, [[POSCO]] (Pohang Steel Company).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=TaeguTec: Leading Global Company |url=https://www.taegutec.com/pages/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Image_En.pdf |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=TaeguTec |format=PDF}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] begins the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign#Raid on Jifjafa|occupation of]] the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
* [[April 22]] &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Chinese]] troop transport {{SS|Hsin-Yu}} capsizes off the Chinese coast; at least 1,000 are killed.
* [[April 24]]&ndash;[[April 30|30]] &ndash; The [[Easter Rising]] occurs in Ireland. Members of the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic|proclaim an Irish Republic]], and the [[Irish Volunteers]] and [[Irish Citizen Army]] occupy the [[General Post Office, Dublin|General Post Office]] and other buildings in [[Dublin]], before surrendering to the British Army.
* [[April 24]]&ndash;[[May 10]] &ndash; [[Voyage of the James Caird|Voyage of the ''James Caird'']]: An open boat journey from [[Elephant Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]] to [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]] in the southern Atlantic Ocean ({{convert|800|nmi|km mi|sigfig=2}}) is undertaken by Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]] and five companions, to obtain rescue for the main body of the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]], following the loss of its ship [[Endurance (1912 ship)|''Endurance'']].
* [[April 27]] &ndash; WWI: [[Gas attack at Hulluch]] in France: The 47th Brigade, [[16th (Irish) Division]] is decimated, in one of the most heavily concentrated German gas attacks of the war.
* [[April 29]] &ndash; WWI: [[Mesopotamian campaign]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Kut]] ends with the surrender of [[British Indian Army]] forces to the [[Ottoman Empire]] at [[Kut-al-Amara]] on the [[Tigris]] in [[Basra Vilayet]].

=== May ===
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[[File:Map_of_the_Battle_of_Jutland,_1916.svg|thumb|150px|right|[[May 31]]&ndash;[[June 1]]:[[Battle of Jutland]] between Allies and Germany]]
* [[May 16]] 
** [[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24)|United States Marines invade the Dominican Republic]].
** [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and [[French Third Republic|France]] conclude the secret [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]], which is to divide Arab areas of the [[Ottoman Empire]], following the conclusion of WWI and the [[partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]], into French and British [[sphere of influence|spheres of influence]].
* [[May 31]]&ndash;[[June 1]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Jutland]], between the British [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Grand Fleet]] and the [[Imperial German Navy]]'s [[High Seas Fleet]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=1-85986-000-1|page=483}}</ref> in the [[North Sea]], the war's only large-scale clash of battleships. The result is tactically inconclusive, but British dominance of the North Sea is maintained.

=== June ===
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* [[June 4]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Brusilov Offensive]], the height of Russian operations in the war, begins with their breaking through Austro-Hungarian lines.
* [[June 5]] &ndash; WWI: {{HMS|Hampshire|1903|6}} sinks, having hit a [[Naval mine|mine]] off the [[Orkney Islands]], Scotland, with [[Herbert Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] aboard.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; The [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]], to create a single unified Arab state spanning from [[Aleppo]] to [[Aden]], is formally declared by [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] signs a bill incorporating the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/RTN/History/Wilson.aspx |title=Woodrow Wilson |publisher=Scouting.org |date=1916-06-15 |access-date=2015-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124524/http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/RTN/History/Wilson.aspx |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Mary Pickford]] becomes the first movie star to sign a million-dollar contract, making her one of the highest-paid people in the world.

=== July ===
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[[File:Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme,_1916.svg|thumb|240px|right|[[July 1]]&ndash;[[November 18]]:[[Battle of the Somme]] between British and German.]]
* [[July 1]]&ndash;[[November 18]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of the Somme]], opening with explosion of the British [[Y Sap mine|Y Sap]] and [[Lochnagar mine]]s and the [[Battle of Albert (1916)|Battle of Albert]]: More than one million soldiers die, with 57,470 [[British Empire]] casualties on the [[First day on the Somme|first day]], 19,240 of them killed, the British Army's bloodiest day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sheffield|first=Gary|title=The Somme|publisher=Cassell|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/somme0000shef/page/68 68]|isbn=0-304-36649-8|url=https://archive.org/details/somme0000shef/page/68}}</ref> The immediate result is tactically inconclusive.
* [[July 1]]&ndash;[[July 12|12]] &ndash; [[Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916]]: At least one shark attacks 5 swimmers along {{convert|80|mi|km}} of [[New Jersey]] coastline, resulting in 4 deaths and the survival of one youth, who requires limb amputation. This event is the inspiration for author [[Peter Benchley]], over half a century later, to write ''[[Jaws (novel)|Jaws]]''.
* [[July 2]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Erzincan]] &ndash; [[Russian Empire|Russia]]n forces defeat troops of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in [[Armenia]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Battle of Kostiuchnówka]] concludes in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] (modern-day Ukraine) with Russian Imperial troops breaking through the line, forcing the [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]] and supporting Hungarian troops to retreat, with the Poles enduring 2,000 casualties.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Matuszak|first=Tomasz|title=Bitwa pod Kostiuchnówką|journal=Zwycięstwa Oręża Polskiego|date=2006-06-17|issue=16|pages=5–12|publisher=Rzeczpospolita & Mówią Wieki|language=pl}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] &ndash; In [[Seattle]], [[William Boeing]] incorporates ''Pacific Aero Products'' (later renamed ''[[Boeing]]'').
* [[July 15]]&ndash;[[July 19|19]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Delville Wood]] &ndash; 766 men from the South African Brigade are killed, in South Africa's biggest loss during the First World War.
* [[July 19]]&ndash;[[July 20|20]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Fromelles]] &ndash; An attack by Australian and British troops is repulsed by the German army, with heavy casualties.
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Preparedness Day Bombing]]: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade, killing 10 and injuring 40; [[Warren Billings]] and [[Thomas Mooney|Tom Mooney]] are later wrongly convicted of it.
* [[July 26]] &ndash; WWI: [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] &ndash; The German armed ship [[MV Liemba|SMS ''Graf von Goetzen'']] [[Scuttling|scuttles]] herself on [[Lake Tanganyika]].
* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Matheson Fire]]: In [[Ontario]], Canada, a lightning strike ignites a forest fire that destroys the towns of [[Cochrane, Ontario|Cochrane]] and [[Matheson, Ontario|Matheson]], killing 233.
* [[July 30]] &ndash; German agents cause the [[Black Tom explosion]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least 7 people.

=== August ===
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* [[August]] &ndash; [[Robert Baden-Powell]] publishes ''[[The Wolf Cub's Handbook]]'' in the U.K., establishing the basis of the junior section of the [[Scouting]] movement, the Wolf Cubs (modern-day [[Cub Scout]]s).
* [[August 3]]&ndash;[[August 5|5]] &ndash; WWI: [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]] &ndash; [[Battle of Romani]]: British Imperial troops secure victory over a joint Ottoman-German force.
* [[August 7]] &ndash; WWI:
** [[First Portuguese Republic|Portugal]] joins the Allies.
** French and British forces make an unopposed entry into German-controlled [[Togoland]]; on [[December 27]] the country is partitioned between the two allies.
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Lassen Volcanic National Park]] is established in [[California]].
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Club Atlas]] is founded as an association football club in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, by English-educated players.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; The [[Migratory Bird Treaty]] between Canada and the United States is signed.
* [[August 17]] (August 4 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) &ndash; WWI: The [[Treaty of Bucharest (1916)|Treaty of Bucharest]] is signed secretly between [[Romania]] and the [[Entente Powers]], stipulating the conditions under which Romania agrees to join the war on their side, particularly territorial promises in [[Austria-Hungary]]. 
* [[August 21]] &ndash; WWI: [[Peru]] declares neutrality.
* [[August 25]] &ndash; U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs legislation creating the [[National Park Service]].
* [[August 27]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Kingdom of Romania]] declares war on the [[Central Powers]], entering the war on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]].
* [[August 28]] &ndash; WWI:
** Germany declares war on Romania.
** Italy declares war on Germany.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; The United States passes the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Philippine Autonomy Act]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; The crew of the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]'s {{ship||Endurance|1912 ship|2}} is rescued from [[Elephant Island]].

=== September ===
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[[File:New Zealand trench Flers September 1916.jpg|thumb|Troops from New Zealand during WWI.]]
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] declares war on [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], going on to take [[Dobruja]].
* [[September 2]] &ndash; WWI: British pilot [[Leefe Robinson]] becomes the first to shoot down a German [[airship]] over Britain.
* [[September 4]] &ndash; WWI: [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] &ndash; [[Dar es Salaam]] surrenders to British Empire forces, securing them control of the [[Central Line (Tanzania)|Central Line]] of railway through [[German East Africa]].
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[D. W. Griffith]]'s film ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages]]'' is released in the United States.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The first true [[self-service]] [[grocery store]], [[Piggly Wiggly]], is founded in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], by [[Clarence Saunders (grocer)|Clarence Saunders]], opening 5 days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=See you at the Piggly Wiggly|publisher=Pink Palace Family of Museums|url=http://www.memphismuseums.org/piggly%20wiggly.htm|access-date=2007-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014204543/http://memphismuseums.org/piggly%20wiggly.htm<!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] &ndash; A mechanical failure causes the central span of the [[Quebec Bridge]], a [[cantilever]]-type structure, to crash into the [[Saint Lawrence River]] for the second time, killing 13 workers.
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Mary (elephant)|Mary]], a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of [[Erwin, Tennessee]] for killing her handler, Walter "Red" Eldridge.
* [[September 15]]–[[September 22|22]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Flers–Courcelette]], France &ndash; The battle is significant for the first use of the [[tank]] in warfare; also for the debut of the [[Canadian Corps|Canadian]] and [[New Zealand Division|New Zealand]] Divisions in the [[Battle of the Somme]].
* [[September 19]] &ndash; WWI: [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] &ndash; Belgian troops occupy [[Tabora]] in [[German East Africa]].
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Iyasu V]] of Ethiopia is deposed in a palace coup, in favour of his aunt [[Zewditu]].
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller]] becomes the first person to reach a nominal personal fortune of US$1 billion

=== October ===
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* [[October 7]] &ndash; The [[Georgia Tech]] vs. [[Cumberland University|Cumberland College]] American football game ends in a score of [[1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game|222-0]].
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] is elected [[President of Argentina]].
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Perm State University]] is founded in [[Russian Empire|Russia]].
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Margaret Sanger]] opens the first U.S. birth control clinic, a forerunner of [[Planned Parenthood]].
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Black Friday (1916)]]: A violent and deadly storm hits [[Lake Erie]] in the [[United States]].
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Adler (politician)|Friedrich Adler]] shoots Count [[Karl von Stürgkh]], [[Minister-President of Austria]].
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Segale]]: [[Negus]] Mikael of Wollo, marching on the [[Ethiopia]]n capital in support of his son Emperor [[Iyasu V]], is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress [[Zewditu]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game]]: game of [[Australian rules football]] contested at [[Queen's Club]], [[West Kensington]], [[London]], by two teams of elite footballers selected from men serving in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|First AIF]] at the time.

=== November ===
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[[File:The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1608.jpg|thumb|[[Royal Fusiliers|Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)]] marching to the trenches, November 1916]]
* [[November 1]]
** [[Pavel Milyukov]] delivers his "stupidity or treason" speech in the Russian [[State Duma]], precipitating the downfall of the [[Boris Stürmer]] government.
** The first [[40-hour work week]] officially begins, in the Endicott-Johnson factories of Western New York. 
* [[November 5]]
** The [[Kingdom of Poland (1916–18)]] is proclaimed by a joint act of the emperors of Germany and Austria.
** [[Everett massacre]]: An armed confrontation in [[Everett, Washington]], between local authorities and members of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] results in seven deaths.
** [[Honan Chapel]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland, a product of the Irish [[Arts and Crafts movement]] (1894–1925), is dedicated.
* [[November 7]]
** [[1916 United States presidential election]]: Democratic President [[Woodrow Wilson]] narrowly defeats Republican [[Charles Evans Hughes]], when [[California]] is called a week after Election Day.
** [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jeannette Rankin]] of [[Montana]] becomes the first woman elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]].
** Radio station [[Radio 2XG#1916 election night broadcast|2XG]], located in the Highbridge section of New York City, makes the first audio broadcast of presidential election returns.
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Billy Hughes]] is expelled from the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] over his support for [[conscription]].
* [[November 18]] &ndash; WWI &ndash; [[Battle of the Somme]]: In [[French Third Republic|France]], British Expeditionary Force commander [[Douglas Haig]] calls off the battle, which started on [[July 1]].
* [[November 21]]
** Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] dies of pneumonia at the [[Schönbrunn Palace]], [[Vienna]], aged 86, after a reign of 68 years and is succeeded by his grandnephew [[Charles I of Austria|Charles I]]. 
** WWI: [[Hospital ship]] [[HMHS Britannic|HMHS ''Britannic'']], designed as the third {{Sclass|Olympic|ocean liner}} for [[White Star Line]], sinks in the [[Kea Channel]] of the [[Aegean Sea]] after hitting a mine; 30 lives are lost. At 48,158 gross register tons, she is the largest ship lost during the war.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; WWI: [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] &ndash; [[Bucharest]], the capital of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], is occupied by troops of the [[Central Powers]].

=== December ===
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* [[December 12]] &ndash; "[[White Friday (1916)|White Friday]]": In the [[Dolomites]], 100 [[avalanche]]s bury at least 2,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Robert Baden-Powell]] gives the first public display of the new [[Cub Scout|Wolf Cub]] section of [[Scouting]] at [[Caxton Hall]], [[Westminster]].
* [[December 18]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Battle of Verdun]] ends in [[French Third Republic|France]] with German troops defeated.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Magdhaba#Advance to El Arish|El Arish occupied]] by the British Empire [[Desert Column]] during advance across the Sinai Peninsula.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; The British [[Sopwith Camel]] aircraft makes its maiden flight. It is designed to counter the German [[Fokker]] aircraft.
* [[December 23]] &ndash; WWI: The Desert Column captures the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] garrison during the [[Battle of Magdhaba]].
* [[December 30]]
** Emperor [[Charles IV of Hungary]] and his wife [[Zita of Bourbon-Parma]] are crowned emperor and empress of [[Austria-Hungary]].
** Humberto Gómez and his mercenaries seize [[Arauca Department|Arauca]] in [[Colombia]] and declare the ''Republic of Arauca''. He proceeds to pillage the region before fleeing to [[Venezuela]].
** ([[December 17]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]) &ndash; The mystic [[Grigori Rasputin]] is murdered in [[Saint Petersburg]].
* [[December 31]] &ndash; The [[Hampton Terrace Hotel]] in [[North Augusta, South Carolina]], one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the United States at the time, burns to the ground.

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[1916 Summer Olympics]] are cancelled in Berlin, Germany.
* Food is rationed in [[German Empire|Germany]].
* [[Ferdinand de Saussure]]'s ''[[Course in General Linguistics|Cours de linguistique générale]]'' is collected posthumously and published.
* [[Oxycodone]], a narcotic painkiller closely related to codeine, is first synthesized in Germany.
* [[Ernst Rüdin]] publishes his initial results on the [[genetics]] of [[schizophrenia]].
* [[Louis Enricht]] claims he has a substitute for [[gasoline]].
* Rodeo's first side-delivery bucking chute is designed and made by the Bascom brothers (Raymond, Mel, and [[Earl Bascom|Earl]]) and their father, John W. Bascom, at [[Welling, Alberta|Welling]], [[Alberta]], Canada.
* [[Gustav Holst]] composes ''[[The Planets]], Opus 32''.
* [[Bray Studios]] begins the ''[[Farmer Al Falfa]]'' series, the first of the ''[[Terrytoons]]''.
* The [[Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]] is founded in the United States as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers.
* Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing, predecessor of [[Isuzu]], a [[truck]] brand in Japan, is founded.{{page needed|date=May 2020}}