WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1916
Find out what all happened January to July 1916

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. (15. June 1916)

Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland. (25. April 1916)

An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia breaks out. (10. June 1916)

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position. (5. June 1916)

Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland. (24. April 1916)

The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage). (20. May 1916)

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. (4. June 1916)

The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. (10. April 1916)

Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance. (24. April 1916)

In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40. (22. July 1916)

World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. (10. January 1916)

Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old. (29. February 1916)

A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri. (18. January 1916)

World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. (1. July 1916)

The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored. (22. March 1916)

World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. (9. January 1916)

Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. (25. April 1916)

Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. (1. June 1916)

World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle. (9. April 1916)

World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. (21. February 1916)