1916

January

8- Austria-Hungary offensive againt Montenegro; capitulates 1/16/16
11- Corfu occupied by Allies, Russian offensive in the Caucasus begins
24- Scheer appointed commander of the German High Seas Fleet
27- Military Service Act introduces conscription in Britain

February

21-12/18/16- Battle of Verdun
28- German Cameroons surrenders

March

1- German submarine warfare extended, abandoned 5/10/16
9- Germany declares war on Portugal
18- Battle of Lake Naroch

April

23- Easter Rising against British in Ireland
29- British troops at Kut surrender to Turks

May

10- Austrian offensive in the Trentino begins; ends 7/9/16
31-6/1/16 - Battle of Jutland

June

4-9/20/16 - Russian (Brusilov) offensive
5- Arab revolt in the Hejaz begins; Hampshire sunk off Orkneys; death of Lord Kitchener
24-11/13/16 - Battle of the Somme

July

25- Battle of Erzincan

August

3- Battle of Romani
27- Rumania enters war and invades Transylvania; Italy declares war on Germany
29- Hindenburg becomes Chief of the German General Staff; Ludendorff appointed his deputy
30- Turkey declares war against Rumania

September

1- Bulgaria declares war against Rumania
6- Central Powers create unified command
10-11/19/16 - Allies launch offensive on Salonika front
15- British use tanks for the first time (at Somme). French Commemorative Medal

October

15- Germany renews U-boat war according to prize rules
24- Fort Douaumont, Verdun, recaptured by the French

November

1- Allied Forces capture Monastir
25- Beatty replaces Jellicoe as commander of the Grand Fleet; Jellicoe appointed First Sea Lord

December

3- Nivelle succeeds Joffre as French commander-in-chief
6- Bucharest captured
7- Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister
13- British begin offensive in Mesopotamia; Nivelle replaces Joffre as French commander-in-chief