1916 |
| 9 January |
Evacuation of Gallipoli peninsula completed. See Related reading: Gallipoli 1915 - Frontal Assault on Turkey (Campaign 8) |
| 27 January |
First Military Service Act becomes law in Britain, introducing conscription for single men aged between 18 and 41. |
| 21 February |
Battle of Verdun begins. See Related reading: Verdun 1916 ‘They Shall Not Pass' (Campaign 93) |
| 25 February |
Germans capture Fort Douaumont at Verdun. See Related reading: Fortifications of the Western Front 1914–18 (Fortress 24) |
| 24 April |
Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| 25 May |
Second Military Service Act becomes law in Britain, extending conscription to married men. |
| 31 May/1June |
Naval Battle of Jutland. See Related reading: Jutland 1916
Clash of the Dreadnoughts (Campaign 72) |
| 1 July |
Battle of the Somme begins. See Related reading:
Somme 1 July 1916 - Tragedy and triumph (Campaign 169) |
| 27 August |
Romania enters the war on the side of the Allies. |
| 29 August |
Hindenburg succeeds Falkenhayn as Chief of the German General Staff with Ludendorff as ‘First Quartermaster General’. |
| 15 September |
British use tanks for the first time at Flers-Courcelette on the Somme. See Related reading: British Mark I Tank 1916 (New Vanguard 100) |
| 24 October |
French counter-attack at Verdun. Fort Douaumont recaptured. See Related reading: Verdun 1916 ‘They Shall Not Pass' (Campaign 93) |
| 25 November |
Battle of the Somme ends. See Related reading: Somme 1 July 1916 - Tragedy and triumph (Campaign 169) |
| 7 December |
Lloyd George succeeds Asquith as British Prime Minister. |
| 12 December |
Nivelle replaces Joffre as French Commander-in-Chief. |
