January
The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.
A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite struck a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins .
February
Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
World War I: In France the Battle of Verdun begins.
Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
March
Spanish football club Real Club Deportivo Mallorca founded.
Pancho Villa leads 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17.
President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
April
In Corona, California, auto racer Bob Burman crashed through a crowd barrier at the last Boulevard Race, killing himself, his mechanic and a track policeman, and badly injuring five spectators.
German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
Easter Uprising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.
ANZAC Day commemorated for the first time.
Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
May
American marines invade the Dominican Republic.
The U.S. town of Codell, Kansas, is struck by an F2 tornado.
World War I: The German and British navies clash in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war.
June
The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.
July
First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
August
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
The United States National Park Service is created.
1916 - Italy declares war on Germany.
September
World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
October
Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee Universities refuse to play against a black person.
November
The Kingdom of Poland proclaimed by the November 5th Act of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democrat Woodrow Wilson is re-elected President of the United States by defeating Republican Charles Evans Hughes. Meanwhile, Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Prime Minister of Australia William Morris Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers.)
December
France defeats Germany in Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun ended.
World War I: In the Battle of Magdhaba, Allied forces capture a Turkish garrison on the Sinai peninsula.
Joseph Joffre is made Marshal of France
The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the USA at the time, burns to the ground.
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