Since 1916 it has been in the care of the Capuchins of Florence.

Launched on 15 September 1916 the battle went on for one week.

Earhart graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1916.

The structure of DNA, by Francis Crick (1916 2004) and others.

Together they became the crown colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1916.

It was later published in English by Mother Earth Publications in 1916.

By 1916, however, the situation had improved in many respects.

The First Russian Special Brigade finally landed at Marseille in April 1916.

Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 March 25, 2006) was an American film director.

As a result of the Battle of Bucharest, the Central Powers occupied Bucharest on 6 December 1916.

Jinnah played an important role in the founding of the All India Home Rule League in 1916.

In March 1916, Sherrington fought for women to be admitted to the medical school at Oxford.

The French and British kept six divisions each on the Greek frontier from 1916 till the end of 1918.

The Central Asian Revolt started in the summer of 1916, when the Russian Empire government ended its exemption of Muslims from military service.

During World War I, the Sharif Hussein entered into an alliance with the United Kingdom and France against the Ottomans in June 1916.

While recovering from his injuries and shell shock in 1916, he wrote some scenarios and ideas for films.

Arabic حسن جولد أبتيدون) (October 15, 1916 November 21, 2006) was the first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999.

Allied diplomacy was able to bring Romania into the war in 1916 but this proved disastrous for the Romanians.

Equine casualties were especially high during battles of attrition, such as the 1916 Battle of Verdun between French and German forces.

The island became a migratory bird sanctuary in 1919 due to the 1916 Migratory Bird Convention between Canada and the United States.

Following the request he advanced towards Baghdad in April 1916, but he turned back when news reached him of the surrender.

In November 1916, in order to apply pressure on the royal government in Athens, the French confiscated the Greek ships.

In 1916, a body of Belgian armoured cars were moved from the IJzer front to help the Russian Empire.

In Mesopotamia, by contrast, after the disastrous Siege of Kut (1915 16), British Imperial forces reorganised and captured Baghdad in March 1917.

A British landing was thrown back on 4 November 1914 in the Battle of Tanga, and the town was not taken until 7 July 1916.

World War I to Saudi control In the beginning of 20th century, during World War I, Medina witnessed one of the longest sieges in history.

During World War I, he served as an infantryman in the Austro Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1916.

In 1916 General Adrian of the French army provided an abdominal shield which was light in weight (two pounds) and easy to wear.

German Cameroon () was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.

In July 1916 the Russians launched another series of attacks on the 3rd Army, costing the army about 30 of its strength and leaving its morale badly shaken.

General Yudenich, the Russian commander from 1915 to 1916, drove the Turks out of most of the southern Caucasus with a string of victories.

President Wilson was on the verge of cutting off the loans in late 1916, but allowed a great increase in US government lending to the Allies.

The department was one of the great battlefields of World War I an important battle was fought in 1916 at Verdun.

In December 1916, French warships arrived off Greece, bombarding Athens and landing sailors, forcing the pro German Greek government to change its policies.

Gyani Zail Singh ( 5 May 1916 25 December 1994) was the seventh President of India, serving from 1982 to 1987.

Ecuador protested this secret treaty, since Colombia gave away Ecuadorian claimed land to Peru that Ecuador had given to Colombia in 1916.

General Townshend arranged a ceasefire on the 26th and, after failed negotiations, he simply surrendered on 29 April 1916 after a siege of 147 days.

They had the best microphone, a condenser type developed there in 1916 and greatly improved in 1922, and the best amplifiers and test equipment.

The Business College of the University, founded in 1916, was the first college and the only one of its kind for nearly 50 years in Spain.

The regiment served as infantry in French trenches during 1915, and were not returned to their mounted status until February 16, 1916.

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She was actually born in 1916, but the studio reportedly made her two years older for her to play a wider variety of roles, including romantic roles.

History The franc became the currency of Burundi in 1916, when Belgium occupied the former Germany colony and replaced the German East African rupie with the Belgian Congo franc.

History The franc became the currency of Rwanda in 1916, when Belgium occupied the previously German colony and the Belgian Congo franc replaced the German East African rupie.

Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 March 4, 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement.