Editing 1916 (section)

=== March ===
{{main|March 1916}}
* [[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>