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  1. Armenian Genocide

    Typhoid inoculation

    Saturday Jan 1, 1916Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    Typhoid inoculation: The Ottoman surgeon, Dr. Haydar Cemal wrote "on the order of the Chief Sanitation Office of the Third Army in January 1916, when the spread of typhus was an acute problem, innocent Armenians slated for deportation at Erzincan were inoculated with the blood of typhoid fever patients without rendering that blood 'inactive'".

  2. Winston Churchill

    Churchill was promoted to lieutenant-colonel

    Jan, 1916England, United Kingdom

    Churchill decided to join the Army and was attached to the 2nd Grenadier Guards, on the Western Front. In January 1916, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and given command of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers. After a period of training, the battalion was moved to a sector of the Belgian Front near Ploegsteert. For over three months, they faced continual shelling although no German offensive. Churchill narrowly escaped death when, during a visit by his staff officer cousin the 9th Duke of Marlborough, a large piece of shrapnel fell between them.

  3. World War 1

    Battle of Mojkovac

    Thursday Jan 6, 1916Mojkovac, Montenegro

    Montenegro covered the Serbian retreat towards the Adriatic coast in the Battle of Mojkovac in 6–7 January 1916, but ultimately the Austrians also conquered Montenegro. The surviving Serbian soldiers were evacuated by ship to Greece.

  4. Mexican Revolution

    Huerta's Death

    Thursday Jan 13, 1916El Paso, Texas, U.S.

    In exile, Huerta sought to return to Mexico via the United States; U.S. authorities arrested him and he was imprisoned in Fort Bliss, Texas. He died in January 1916, six months after going into exile.

  5. Carter G. Woodson

    Woodson began publication of the scholarly Journal of African-American History

    Jan, 1916Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

    In January 1916, Woodson began publication of the scholarly Journal of African-American History. It has never missed an issue, despite the Great Depression, loss of support from foundations, and two World Wars.

  6. Yasunari Kawabata

    Boarding House

    Jan, 1916Japan

    In January 1916, he moved into a boarding house near the junior high school (comparable to a modern high school) to which he had formerly commuted by train.

  7. Armenian Genocide

    Typhoid inoculation

    Saturday Jan 1, 1916Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    Typhoid inoculation: The Ottoman surgeon, Dr. Haydar Cemal wrote "on the order of the Chief Sanitation Office of the Third Army in January 1916, when the spread of typhus was an acute problem, innocent Armenians slated for deportation at Erzincan were inoculated with the blood of typhoid fever patients without rendering that blood 'inactive'".

  8. Winston Churchill

    Churchill was promoted to lieutenant-colonel

    Jan, 1916England, United Kingdom

    Churchill decided to join the Army and was attached to the 2nd Grenadier Guards, on the Western Front. In January 1916, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and given command of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers. After a period of training, the battalion was moved to a sector of the Belgian Front near Ploegsteert. For over three months, they faced continual shelling although no German offensive. Churchill narrowly escaped death when, during a visit by his staff officer cousin the 9th Duke of Marlborough, a large piece of shrapnel fell between them.

  9. World War 1

    Battle of Mojkovac

    Thursday Jan 6, 1916Mojkovac, Montenegro

    Montenegro covered the Serbian retreat towards the Adriatic coast in the Battle of Mojkovac in 6–7 January 1916, but ultimately the Austrians also conquered Montenegro. The surviving Serbian soldiers were evacuated by ship to Greece.

  10. Mexican Revolution

    Huerta's Death

    Thursday Jan 13, 1916El Paso, Texas, U.S.

    In exile, Huerta sought to return to Mexico via the United States; U.S. authorities arrested him and he was imprisoned in Fort Bliss, Texas. He died in January 1916, six months after going into exile.

  11. Carter G. Woodson

    Woodson began publication of the scholarly Journal of African-American History

    Jan, 1916Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

    In January 1916, Woodson began publication of the scholarly Journal of African-American History. It has never missed an issue, despite the Great Depression, loss of support from foundations, and two World Wars.

  12. Yasunari Kawabata

    Boarding House

    Jan, 1916Japan

    In January 1916, he moved into a boarding house near the junior high school (comparable to a modern high school) to which he had formerly commuted by train.