WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1916
Find out what all happened July to December 1916

Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. (7. November 1916)

World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula. (5. August 1916)

World War I: First Battle of the Somme – in France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. (18. November 1916)

In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. (16. October 1916)

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). (15. July 1916)

World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position. (19. December 1916)

US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) (7. September 1916)

World War I: Italy declares war on Germany. (28. August 1916)

World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. (3. September 1916)

World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. (21. November 1916)

World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties. (18. December 1916)

Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. (13. November 1916)

The United States National Park Service is created. (25. August 1916)

Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916. (14. July 1916)

The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. (29. August 1916)

Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu. (27. September 1916)

Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey. (30. July 1916)

World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. (2. August 1916)

The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police. (5. November 1916)

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907. (11. September 1916)