Latest News for: 1916

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Sacred drum looted by France in 1916 finally back home

Independent online (SA) 23 Feb 2026
The drum was confiscated by French colonial troops in 1916 as a tactic to suppress the Atchan people's resistance against colonial rule ... The return of the Djidji Ayokwe is another chapter in France's reassessment of its colonial past ... RT .
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1916: The bloody battle of Verdun

Deutsche Welle 20 Feb 2026
The small, French town was the site of one of the bloodiest chapters of World War I, where German and French soldiers battled for 300 days — with neither side emerging victorious ... .
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WashU student-made film from 1916 is added to National Film Registry

St Louis Post-Dispatch 19 Feb 2026
The 14-minute silent film tells a charmingly naive story of two students in love ... .
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‘Dream on’: Moore Street trader not expecting completion of long-mooted 1916 centre soon

The Irish Times 19 Feb 2026
Minister for Housing James Browne was visiting to announce Government approval for a 1916 Rising commemorative centre at 14-17 Moore Street to proceed to tender stage ... The buildings near Cullen’s stall were the final headquarters of the 1916 rebels.
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‘Contrary to opposition opinion, Fianna Fáil will deliver a 1916 Commemorative Centre at Moore Street’ – Senator Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)

Public Technologies 19 Feb 2026
Fianna Fáil Senator and Dublin Spokesperson, Mary Fitzpatrick, warmly welcomes the announcement of the Moore Street project to commemorate the 1916 Rising will progress to tender stage and construction.
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Stage IRA Man – Frank McNally on the real and pretend 1916 Rising of actor Arthur Shields

The Irish Times 06 Feb 2026
Writing last week (Diary, January 29th) about the trouble that accompanied the opening run of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars in February 1926, I suggested it mirrored the 1916 Rising itself.
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In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it.

Popular Science 05 Feb 2026
But by 1916, the Ford-Edison electric car still hadn’t materialized ... Plus, in 1916, electricity was scant outside cities ... Before he released his hybrid in 1916, Woods had already been at the forefront of electric vehicle design for nearly two decades.
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Did Deadly Shark Attacks Influence The 1916 Presidential Election?

IFL Science 26 Jan 2026
it goes back specifically to 1916 – and, legend has it, nearly cost Woodrow Wilson his presidency ... After the summer of 1916, however, the public had a new nemesis ... But with the summer of 1916, Achen and Bartels believed something else was at play.
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Greenland purchase? How much the US paid for Alaska in 1867, the Philippines in 1898 and the Virgin Islands in 1916?

Gulf News 22 Jan 2026
The treaty was signed on August 4, 1916, during which the US and Denmark agreed on terms in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies ... The US Senate ratified it later in 1916, and formal ... 1916 Jones Act.
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Today in History: January 16, 1916 - Authorities think wolves ate dead man who escaped ...

Grand Forks Herald 16 Jan 2026
Today in History revisits the Sunday, January 16, 1916 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on the disappearance of Clarence McCord, who escaped the state insane asylum in Jamestown, N.D., during severe winter weather.
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On this day: Advisor to the Tsar and Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin is murdered in 1916

Philenews 30 Dec 2025
Following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on December 30 throughout history. ... 1916Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov ... ....
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