January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of marriage March 31, 1916
The temperature on March 31, 1916 was between 1.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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