January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
Day of death December 16, 1916
The temperature on December 16, 1916 was between 0.9 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
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