Editing 1916 (section)

=== 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]].