January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Day of death November 25, 1916
The temperature on November 25, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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