WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1916
Find out what all happened January to June 1916

German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea. (1. January 1916)

Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. (29. April 1916)

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

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

Governor-General of Korea established clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients. (24. February 1916)

The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa. (16. March 1916)

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

World War I: Battle of Jutland – The British Grand Fleet under the command of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty engage the Imperial German Navy under the command of Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive. (31. May 1916)

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

Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control. (11. February 1916)

World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line. (24. 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)

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)

The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. (3. June 1916)

The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings. (20. April 1916)

President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. (15. 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)

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

21 Lebanese nationalists executed in the Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli. (6. May 1916)