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  • Beijing, China
    Tuesday Jun 6, 1916
    Chinese Civil War

    Death of Yuan Shikai

    Beijing, China
    Tuesday Jun 6, 1916

    Following the collapse of the Qing dynasty in the aftermath of the Xinhai Revolution, China fell into a brief period of civil war before Yuan Shikai assumed the presidency of the newly formed Republic of China. The administration became known as the Beiyang Government, with its capital in Peking. Yuan Shikai was frustrated in a short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor. After the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916, the following years were characterized by the power struggle between different cliques in the former Beiyang Army. In the meantime, the Kuomintang, led by Sun Yat-sen, created a new government in Guangzhou to resist the rule of Beiyang Government through a series of movements.




  • Arabian Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Jun 10, 1916
    Ottoman Empire

    Arab Revolt

    Arabian Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Jun 10, 1916

    The Arab Revolt began in 1916 with British support. It turned the tide against the Ottomans on the Middle Eastern front, where they seemed to have the upper hand during the first two years of the war. On the basis of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence, an agreement between the British government and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, the revolt was officially initiated at Mecca on 10 June 1916.




  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia
    Tuesday Jun 13, 1916
    World War 1

    Battle of Mecca

    Mecca, Saudi Arabia
    Tuesday Jun 13, 1916

    The Arab Revolt, instigated by the Arab bureau of the British Foreign Office, started June 1916 with the Battle of Mecca, led by Sherif Hussein of Mecca, and ended with the Ottoman surrender of Damascus. Fakhri Pasha, the Ottoman commander of Medina, resisted for more than two and half years during the Siege of Medina before surrendering in January 1919.




  • Somme river, France
    Wednesday Jun 21, 1916
    World War 1

    Battle of Somme

    Somme river, France
    Wednesday Jun 21, 1916

    The Battle of the Somme was an Anglo-French offensive of July to November 1916. The opening day of the offensive (1 July 1916) was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, suffering 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 dead. The entire Somme offensive cost the British Army some 420,000 casualties. The French suffered another estimated 200,000 casualties and the Germans an estimated 500,000.




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