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Events from the year 1916 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, coalition (until 5 December), David Lloyd George, coalition
Events
- 1 January - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled.
- 9 January - World War I: The last British troops evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevailed over of a joint British and French operation to capture Istanbul at the Battle of Gallipoli.
- 24 January - Conscription introduced by the Military Service Act.[1]
- 22 March - Marriage of Edith Bratt and J. R. R. Tolkien. They would serve as the inspiration for the fictional characters Lúthien and Beren.
- 24–30 April - Easter Rising in Ireland.[1]
- 27 April - Battle of Hulluch in World War I, 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division decimated in one of the most heavily-concentrated gas attacks of the war.
- 21 May - daylight saving time introduced.[1]
- 31 May–1 June - Battle of Jutland between the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet.[2]
- 5 June - HMS Hampshire sinks off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, with Lord Kitchener aboard.[1]
- 1 July–18 November - More than 1 million soldiers die during the Battle of the Somme including 60,000 casualties for the British Commonwealth on the first day.
- 2 September - William Leefe-Robinson becomes the first pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain.
- 18 November - World War I: First Battle of the Somme ends. In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on 1 July.
- 7 December - Asquith resigns; Lloyd-George becomes Prime Minister.[3]
- 11 December - Lloyd-George establishes a War Cabinet.[3]
Undated
- Gustav Holst composes The Planets, Opus 32.
Publications
- John Buchan's novel Greenmantle.
Births
- 9 January - Peter Twinn, mathematician and World War II code-breaker (died 2004)
- 2 February - Olaf Pooley, actor
- 14 February - Sally Gray, actress (died 2006)
- 15 February - Ernest Millington, politician
- 11 March - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)
- 17 March - Ray Ellington, singer (died 1985)
- 20 May - Owen Chadwick, author and historian
- 31 May - Bernard Lewis, historian
- 8 June - Francis Crick, molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2004)
- 23 June - Len Hutton, cricketer (died 1990)
- 1 July - Olivia de Havilland, actress
- 9 July - Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (doed 2005)
- 11 July - Reg Varney, actor
- 13 September - Roald Dahl, author (died 1990)
- 3 October - James Herriot, veterinarian and author (died 1995)
- 11 November - Robert Carr, politician
- 17 December - Penelope Fitzgerald, poet, essayist and biographer (died 2000)
- 19 December
- Roy Ward Baker, film director
- Jack Agazarian, World War II spy (died 1945)
Deaths
- 28 February - Henry James, author (born 1843, United States)
- 5 June - Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman (born 1850)
- 23 July - William Ramsay, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
- 13 November - Lanoe Hawker, fighter pilot (born 1890)
- 14 November - Saki, writer (born 1870)
- 5 December - Augusta of Cambridge, member of the Royal Family (born 1822)
References
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon, 483. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 352-353. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
See also
