WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1916
Find out what all happened April to September 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)

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

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

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)

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)

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. (24. June 1916)

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

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

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

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

Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island. (10. May 1916)

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

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)

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

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

Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations. (27. August 1916)

Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I (14. August 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)