WHAT HAPPENED IN 1916.
Look what happened the 1916.

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

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

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

In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional. (24. January 1916)

World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins. (29. January 1916)

Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down. (3. February 1916)

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

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

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

World War I: the Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun. (25. February 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)

World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. (8. March 1916)

Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. (9. March 1916)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned. The first US Navy "super-dreadnought". (11. March 1916)

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

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity. (20. March 1916)

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

In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators. (8. April 1916)