What happened in 1916?
362 recorded events in 1916, including 119 in people, 118 in wars & conflicts and 38 in architecture & engineering. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 118
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Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
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Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Western Front, World War I
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Brusilov Offensive
1916 battle on the Eastern Front during World War I
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Battle of Asiago
1916 battle
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Romanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916
1916 battle of World War I
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Battle of Romani
1916 ground attack of the First World War
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Monastir Offensive
1916 World War I offensive in the Macedonian front
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Siege of Medina
1916–1919 siege
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Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
1916 battle
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Battle of Turtucaia
World War I battle, September 1916
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Battle of Doiran
1916 World War 1 battle
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Battle of Mecca
1916 battle in the Arab Revolt of World War I
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Battle of Mojkovac
1916 battle during World War I
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Battle of Bucharest
1916 battle in Bucharest, Romania
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Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
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Battle of Erzincan
1916 battle
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Battle of Kajmakchalan
1916 battle
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Eighth Battle of the Isonzo
1916 battle
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Trebizond Campaign
1916 WWI battle
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Baranovichi Offensive
1916 battle in World War I
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Seventh Battle of the Isonzo
1916 battle
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Battle of Wadi
1916 siege
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Battle of Magdhaba
1916 WWI battle on the Sinai peninsula
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Battle of Malka Nidzhe
1916 opening battle of the Monastir Offensive
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Ninth Battle of the Isonzo
1916 battle
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Battle of Dobrich
1916 WW1 battle
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Battle of the Cerna Bend
1916 battle
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Battle of Columbus
1916 battle fought between the United States and Mexican Revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa
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Battle of Fromelles
1916 military operation on the Western Front during World War I
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Battle of Flers–Courcelette
1916 battle of World War I
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Noemvriana
1916 political dispute and conflict in Greece
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Battle of Lerin
1916 battle during the First World War
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Struma operation
1916 battle
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Battle of Delville Wood
1916 battle
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Battle of Doberdò
1916 battle
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Battle of the Argeş
1916 battle during World War I
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Battle of Mont Sorrel
1916 conflict of World War I
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Battle of Hanna
1916 battle
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Battle of Bazentin Ridge
1916 part of the battle of the Somme during World War I
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Battle of Kostiuchnówka
1916 battle on the Eastern Front during World War I
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Battle of Tabora
1916 battle during the East African Campaign of WWI
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Battle of Dujaila
1916 WWI battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign
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Battle of Kowel
1916 battle
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Second Battle of Cobadin
1916 battle
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Battle of Taif
1916 battle
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Battle of Katia
1916 battle during the Defence of the Suez Canal Campaign of World War I
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Battle of Albert
1916 part of the battle of the Somme
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Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
1916 battle
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Gas attack at Hulluch
1916 battle
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Battle of Pozières
1916 battle of World War I
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First day on the Somme
Start of the Battle of Albert as initial part of Battle of the Somme
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Battle of the Ancre Heights
1916 battle of World War I
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Battle of Koprukoy
1916 battle fought during the Caucasus campaign of World War I
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Battle of Salaita Hill
1916 battle
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First Battle of Cobadin
1916 battle
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Battle of the Ancre
1916 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Latema Nek
1916 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Le Transloy
1916 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Bir el Abd
1916 World War I battle
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Battle of Ginchy
1916 A part of the battle of the Somme in WWI
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Battle of Morval
1916 battle of World War I
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Battle of Carrizal
1916 battle
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Prunaru Charge
1916 battle in Romania
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Battle of Thiepval Ridge
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
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Battle of Agagia
1916 WWI battle
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Battle of Kahe
1916 battle in East Africa during World War I
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Battle of Lutsk
1916 battle
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Battle of Guillemont
1916 World War I battle
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Battle of Mouquet Farm
Engagement in the Battle of the Somme, 1916
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Kermanshah Operation
Offensive operation
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Battle of Kibata
1917 world War I battle
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Battle of Kondoa Irangi
1916 battle
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First Battle of the Jiu Valley
1916 battle
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Second Battle of the Jiu Valley
1916 battle
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Battle of Caures Woods
1916 battle during the battle of Verdun
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Hohenzollern Redoubt
1916 battle
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Capture of Yanbu
1916–1917 battle
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Second Battle of Ķekava
Second Battle of Ķekava (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Guerrero
1916 battle
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Battle of Kisaki
1916 world War I military action
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Battle of Guayacanas
Battle on July 3, 1916
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Capture of Ovillers
1916 British operation during the battle of Albert
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Battle of Predeal Pass
1916 world War I battle
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Battle of Dragoslavele
1916 world War I battle
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Battle of Las Trencheras
Battle on June 27, 1916
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Battle of Segale
1916 civil conflict in the Ethiopian Empire
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Battle of Mkalamo
1916 battle of World War I
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Capture of Regina Trench
1916 tactical incident during the battle of the Somme
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Capture of La Boisselle
1916 battle during the First World War
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Actions of the Bluff, 1916
1916 battle
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Battles of Çapakçur
1916 battle
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Battle of Lovćen
1916 battle of invasion of Montenegro during WWI
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Battle of Muş
1916 battle between the Russian and Ottoman Empires
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Capture of Martinpuich
1916 battle
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Capture of Combles
Battle during the First World War
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Battle of Dutumi
Battle during the East African Campaign of World War I
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Battle of Ustechko (1916)
1916 battle of World War I
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Battle of Slatina
1916 world War I battle
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Battle of the Olt Valley
1916 world War I battle
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Battle of the Southern Carpathians
1916 world War I battle
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First Battle of Petrozsény
1916 battle
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Battle of the Boar's Head
1916 battle on the Western Front of World War I
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Battle of Matamondo
1916 battle
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Battle of Mlali
1916 battle
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Leipzig salient
Battle during the First World War
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Battle of Robănești
Battle in World War I resulting in a German Victory
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Third Battle of Torreón
1916 military engagement during the Mexican Revolution
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First Battle of Ķekava
First Battle of Ķekava (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Puerto Plata
1916 battle
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Battle of Mezőlivádia
1916 battle
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Battle of Orsova
1916 WWI Romanian Campaign engagement
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Battle of Sălătrucu
1916 battle
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Second Battle of Petrozsény
1916 battle
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Battle of Nagybár
1916 battle in WWI
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Battle of Xuzhou
1916 battle
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Battle of Ashbourne
Conflict in Ireland in 1916
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Battle of San Francisco de Macoris
1916 battle
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Battle of Mount Csindrel
Battle of Mount Csindrel (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 3
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Treaty of Bucharest
World War I military treaty
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Treaty of the Danish West Indies
Treaty of the Danish West Indies (Politics & Government).
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Paris Economy Pact
1916 international economic agreement
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People 119
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William Ramsay died
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
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Ernst Mach died
Austrian physicist (1838–1916)
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José Echegaray died
Spanish playwright (1832-1916)
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Élie Metchnikoff died
Russian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist
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Richard Dedekind died
German mathematician (1831–1916)
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Charles de Foucauld died
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
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Clements Markham died
British geographer (1830-1916)
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Florence Baker died
Explorer
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Percival Lowell died
American astronomer (1855-1916)
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Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener died
Irish officer and colonial administrator in the British Army (1850–1916)
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Jane Dieulafoy died
French archaeologist, explorer and writer (1851–1916)
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Aeneas Mackintosh died
British Merchant Navy officer and Antarctic explorer (1879-1916)
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Sámuel Teleki died
Hungarian explorer (1845–1916)
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Frances L. Swift died
American church and temperance worker (1837-1916)
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Pierre Duhem died
French physicist and historian of science (1861-1916)
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Alice Augusta Ball died
African American chemist (1892–1916)
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Hiram Stevens Maxim died
American-born inventor (1840-1916)
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Oskar Backlund died
Swedish astronomer (1846–1916)
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Artúr Görgey died
Hungarian military leader (1818–1916)
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Cleveland Abbe died
American meteorologist and advocate of time zones (1838-1916)
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Lucy Walker died
English climber (1836-1916)
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Grenville M. Dodge died
Union Army general (1831–1916)
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Harry Pennell died
Royal Navy officer and explorer
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Arnold Spencer-Smith died
English clergyman, photographer, explorer (1883-1916)
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Reginald Koettlitz died
British explorer (1861-1916)
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Victor Hayward died
British explorer
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Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden died
German writer, theosophist, and colonialist (1846-1916)
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Leonard Jaczewski died
Polish-Russian explorer, geographer, geologist, cartographer, and mining engineer (1858–1916)
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Henri Vaugeois died
French politician (1864-1916)
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Antonia Tarragó died
Chilean activist
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Nace D. Dimov died
Nace D. Dimov (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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Laura Lyon White died
American activist, clubwoman
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Lotten von Plomgren died
Swedish activist
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Julia Tutwiler died
Author, Alabama Normal College President, prison reformer, author of official state song of Alabama
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Friedrich Ernst Dorn died
German physicist (1848–1916)
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Mary Everest Boole died
Author of didactic works on mathematics (1832-1916)
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Adolph Frank died
German chemist (1834-1916)
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Boris Galitzine died
Russian geologist (1862–1916)
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Torakusu Yamaha died
Founder of Yamaha (1851–1916)
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Fredrik Idestam died
Finnish mining engineer, founder of Nokia (1838–1916)
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Jørgen Pedersen Gram died
Danish mathematician (1850–1916)
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Leo Anton Karl de Ball died
German astronomer (1853–1916)
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William Stanley died
American physicist (1858–1916)
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Walter Sutton died
American geneticist (1877-1916)
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Henrik Mohn died
Norwegian astronomer and meteorologist (1835-1916)
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Silvanus P. Thompson died
British academic physicist (1851-1916)
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Alfred Kleiner died
Swiss physicist (1849-1916)
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Miklos von Konkoly-Thege died
Hungarian physicist and astronomer (1842-1916)
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Albert Atterberg died
Swedish chemist (1846-1916)
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Otto Ammon died
German anthropologist (1842–1916)
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Alfred Heinrich Ilg died
Swiss engineer and advisor to Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II (1854-1916)
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John Tebbutt died
Australian astronomer (1834–1916)
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Győző Zemplén died
Hungarian physicist (1879–1916)
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Mikhail Pomortsev died
Russian meteorologist (1851–1916)
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Nicolae Teclu died
Romanian scientist (1839-1916)
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Nadezhda Olimpievna Ziber-Shumova died
Chemist and mycologist (1854–1916)
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James Key Caird died
British mathematician (1837–1916)
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August Michaelis died
German chemist (1847-1916)
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Lanoe Hawker died
British World War I fighter pilot, recipient of the Victoria Cross. (1890–1916)
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Bob Burman died
American racing driver (1884–1916)
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Robert Gauthiot died
French linguist, explorer and writer (1876–1916)
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Victor Liotard died
French colonial administrator (1858-1916)
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Charlie Douglas died
New Zealand explorer of the West Coast and Fiordland and surveyor (1840-1916)
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Kootenay Brown died
Canadian businessman
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John Hamilton died
Australian politician
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François Mitterrand born
Born in Maison natale de François Mitterrand. 21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996).
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Roald Dahl born
Born in Llandaff. British writer and poet (1916–1990).
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Kirk Douglas born
Born in Amsterdam. American actor (1916–2020).
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Camilo José Cela born
Born in Iria Flavia. Spanish writer (1916–2002).
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Francis Crick born
Born in Northampton. British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
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Harold Wilson born
Born in Huddersfield. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976 (1916–1995).
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Aldo Moro born
Born in Maglie. Italian politician (1916-1978).
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike born
Born in Baḷangoḍa. Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000.
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Ahmad ibn Billah born
Born in Maghnia. President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965.
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Edward Heath born
Born in Broadstairs. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 (1916–2005).
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Herbert Simon born
Born in Milwaukee. American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001).
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Robert McNamara born
Born in San Francisco. American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009).
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Gough Whitlam born
Born in Melbourne. Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1916–2014).
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko born
Born in Bila Tserkva. Soviet sniper (1916–1974).
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Yehudi Menuhin born
Born in New York City. American violinist and conductor (1916–1999).
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João Havelange born
Born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916–2016).
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P. W. Botha born
Born in Paul Roux. South African prime minister (1916–2006).
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Zail Singh born
Born in Sandhwan. President of India from 1982 to 1987.
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Peter Finch born
Born in South Kensington. British-Australian actor (1916–1977).
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Jackie Gleason born
Born in Brooklyn. American comedian and actor (1916–1987).
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Glenn Ford born
Born in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne. Canadian-American actor (1916–2006).
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Natalia Ginzburg born
Born in Palermo. Italian writer (1916–1991).
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel born
Born in Grzędy, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. German World War II Stuka pilot and neo-Nazi activist (1916–1982).
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Bernard Lewis born
Born in London. British-American historian (1916–2018).
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Abdul Rahman Arif born
Born in Baghdad. President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968.
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Sterling Hayden born
Born in Montclair. American actor (1916–1986).
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Penelope Fitzgerald born
Born in Lincoln. British writer and poet (1916–2000).
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Léo Ferré born
Born in Monaco. French-born Monégasque poet and singer.
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Giorgio Bassani born
Born in Bologna. Italian writer.
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Paul Halmos born
Born in Budapest. American mathematician (1916–2006).
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Walt Whitman Rostow born
Born in New York City. American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003).
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Françoise Giroud born
Born in Lausanne. French writer and politician (1916–2003).
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Walker Percy born
Born in Birmingham. American philosophical novelist.
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Georg Henrik von Wright born
Born in Helsinki. Finland Swedish philosopher, professor and member of the Academy of Finland (1916–2003).
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Jurij Brězan born
Born in Räckelwitz. Sorbian writer (1916-2006).
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Yevgeny Khaldei born
Born in Donetsk. Soviet photographer (1917–1997).
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Halil İnalcık born
Born in Istanbul. Turkish historian (1916–2016).
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Ramón José Velásquez born
Born in San Juan de Colón. Venezuelan politician, lawyer and historian (1916–2014).
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Alexey Maresyev born
Born in Kamyshin. Soviet aviator (1916–2001).
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Yekaterina Budanova born
Born in Vyazemsky District. Soviet fighter pilot (1916-1943).
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Saburō Sakai born
Born in Saga. Japanese flying ace (1916–2000).
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Jacques Georges born
Born in Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle. UEFA president (1916–2004).
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Pierre Emmanuel born
Born in Gan. French poet (1916–1984).
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I. J. Good born
Born in London. British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009).
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Richard Hofstadter born
Born in Buffalo. American historian and public intellectual (1916–1970).
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Forrest J Ackerman born
Born in Los Angeles. American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia (1916-2008).
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General Soedirman born
Born in Bantarbarang. First Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian armed forces.
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Yekaterina Zelenko born
Born in Koroshchino. Soviet Su-2 pilot.
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Vicente Ferreira da Silva born
Born in São Paulo. Brazilian logician, mathematician, and philosopher.
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Jacob Talmon born
Born in Rypin. Historian of Modern Age, political scientist, pedagogue, penman, university teacher (1916-1980).
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Archduke Felix of Austria born
Born in Vienna. Austrian entrepreneur (1916–2011).
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John Basilone born
Born in Buffalo. American Medal of Honor recipient (1916–1945).
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Neagu Djuvara born
Born in Bucharest. Romanian historian.
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David White born
Born in Denver. American actor (1916-1990).
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Science & Technology 26
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University of Fort Hare
University in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Steward Observatory
Research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona in Tuscon
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George Eliava Institute
Phage therapy center in Tbilisi, Georgia
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University of the Sacred Heart
Japanese University in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
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Tokyo Medical University
Japanese private medical university in Tokyo
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Institution for research and training in public health
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Perm State Medical University named after Academician E.A. Wagner
Russian medical university
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T. H. Shevchenko National University «Chernihiv Colehium»
University in Chernihiv, Ukraine
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Parque Zoológico Nacional Simón Bolívar
Zoo and botanical garden in Costa Rica
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Avila University
Education organization in Kansas City, United States
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St. Paul's Hospital, Hong Kong
Hospital in Hong Kong
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UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
Botanical garden at the University of British Columbia in Canada
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Kansas City University
Osteopathic medical school and health sciences university
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Faculty of Chemistry (UNAM)
Faculty of Chemistry (UNAM) (Science & Technology).
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Longyearbyen Hospital
Hospital in Norway
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Sint Vincentius Hospital
Hospital in Suriname
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Ismael Montes Teacher Training College
University
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Taisei Gakuin University
Private university of Osaka
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King Edward Memorial Hospital
Hospital in Subiaco, Western Australia
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Hubrecht Institute
Research institute for developmental biology and stem cells in the Netherlands
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Sorokdo National Hospital
Healthcare organization in Doyang, South Korea
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Institute for Materials Research
Japanese organization at Tohoku University
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Castle Hill Hospital
Hospital in England
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Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center
Hospital in Eastern Visayas, Philippines
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Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (Science & Technology).
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National Rehabilitation Hospital
Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
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Exploration & Discovery 8
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Borden Island
Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Lougheed Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
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Apollo of Veii
Late 6th century BC painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Apollo
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Altar of the Gens Augusta
Ancient Roman altar at the Bardo National Museum
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Annaheim meteorite
Meteorite
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Chinguetti meteorite
1916 alleged stony-iron mesosiderite find near Chinguetti, Mauritania
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Hashimuregawa Site
Archaeological site in Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan
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Shipwreck of the Principe de Asturias (ship, 1914)
Shipwreck of the Principe de Asturias (ship, 1914) (Exploration & Discovery).
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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Hassan Bek Mosque
Mosque in Tel Aviv, Israel
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St. Joseph Cathedral
Church building in Tianjin, China
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Log pod Mangartom Mosque
Former mosque in Slovenia
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Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes
Mosque located in Paris, in France
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Former cathedral church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Former cathedral church in Amarillo, Texas, United States
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Li Ling Pagoda
Religious shrine in Hong Kong
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Economy & Trade 19
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Kappa
Italian sportswear brand
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ZiL
Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer
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IG Farben
German chemical and pharmaceutical company
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Electrolux Italy
Italian producer of home appliances
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Investor
Swedish investment company
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Nydqvist och Holm AB
Swedish manufacturing company (1916–1979)
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Newmont Mining Corporation
American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation.
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Allison Transmission
American company
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Degtyarev plant
Mechanical engineering company in Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast, Russia
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Piraeus Bank
Greek financial services company
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Mitropa
German restaurant and catering company
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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
Norwegian coal mining company
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Keds
American brand of canvas shoe with rubber sole
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NSK Ltd.
Japanese manufacturer of bearings
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Kings Bay
Company
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Meiji Seika Pharma
Japanese food and pharmaceutical company
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Karur Vysya Bank
Indian private banking institution
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Philippine National Bank
One of the largest banks in the Philippines
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Bazalt
Weapons manufacturing company in Russia
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Disasters & Pandemics 6
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Lochnagar mine
Explosive-packed mine
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Black Tom explosion
Munitions explosion via sabotage
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Preparedness Day Bombing
Suitcase bombing of a parade supporting US entrance into WW1, killing 10
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1916–17 Nantou earthquakes
Earthquakes in Taiwan
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1916 Irondale earthquake
Earthquake in Alabama on October 18, 1916
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1916 Rimini earthquakes
Earthquakes in Rimini, Italy
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Social Movements & Revolutions 4
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Easter Rising
Armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916
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Basmachi movement
Decentralized decolonial movement which undertook a uprising against Russian Imperial and Soviet rule by the Muslim peoples of Central Asia (1916–1934)
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Kaocen Revolt
Tuareg rebellion against French colonial rule
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Liverpool riot of 1916
Riot
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Architecture & Engineering 38
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Sant'Elena Church
Church in Rome
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Gamla Ullevi
Association football stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden between 1916–2007
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Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio (Rome)
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Indre Herøy Church
Church building in Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Kviteseid Church
Church in Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway
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Fjågesund Church
Church building in Kviteseid, Eastern Norway
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Sjona Church
Church in Rana, Norway
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Randabygd Church
Church building in Stryn, Vestland, Norway
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Nanortalik Church
Church
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Mefjordvær Chapel
Church in Senja, Norway
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Sint-Lambertuskerk
Church in Maastricht, Netherlands
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Honan Chapel
Catholic church at University College Cork, Ireland
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Instituto Valencia of Don Juan
Cultural property in Madrid, Spain
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Tuira Church
Church building in Oulu, Finland
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Sørfjorden Church
Church in Rødøy, Norway
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Bieganowo Palace
Palace
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Phra Ram Ratchaniwet
Palace in Phetchaburi province, Thailand
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Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church
Church in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York
Church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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St Winifred's Church, Holbeck
Church in Holbeck, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Rice Memorial Church, Bengaluru
Church in Bengaluru, India
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Holy Ghost Catholic Church
Church building in Iowa, United States of America
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Igreja de São Gonçalo
Listed good in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Saints Peter and Paul Church-Ukrainian Catholic
Church building in Chisholm, United States of America
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St Mary's Church
Church in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Church of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus
Church in New York, United States
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Town Hall Seattle
Non-profit organization in the USA
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First Universalist Church
Historic Universalist Church church building at 125 Highland Street in Somerville, Massachusetts
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Church in Ohio, United States
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Church building in Toronto, Canada
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Church of the Ascension
Church building in Ottawa, Canada
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Church of San Miguel de Arcangel
Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Beard Congregational Church
Church building in Erath, Louisiana
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Church of St Barnabas
Church building in Ealing, London, England, UK
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Second Church in Newton
Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
Football stadium on the University of Kentucky campus (closed 1972)
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Church building in Neillsville, Wisconsin, United States
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All Saints Church of Eben Ezer
Church building in Brush, Colorado
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Sports & Entertainment 7
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Lorensbergsteatern
Building in Gothenburg Municipality, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden
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Rialto Theatre
Former movie theater and theater in New York City at 1481 Broadway, within the city's Broadway Theater District
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Uchiko-za
Building in Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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Capitol Theatre
Theatre and cinema in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Mikado Cinematography building
Drama theatre building and former cinema building in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Wicksteed Park
Amusement park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Coliseo Albia
Former theatre in Bilbao, Spain, converted to a hotel
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Empires & Countries 7
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Kingdom of Hejaz founded
Kingdom of Hejaz was founded, with its capital at Mecca.
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Kingdom of Poland founded
Kingdom of Poland was founded, with its capital at Warsaw.
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British Togoland founded
British Togoland was founded, with its capital at Ho.
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French Togoland founded
French Togoland was founded, with its capital at Lomé.
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Empire of China dissolved
Empire of China ceased to exist, having been centered at Beijing.
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Sultanate of Darfur dissolved
Sultanate of Darfur ceased to exist, having been centered at Al-Fashir.
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Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë founded
Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë was founded, with its capital at Korçë.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1916 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1916.
1910s 1
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First Methodist Church
Historic building in Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA
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