1916

1916 — China: 1917 Nantou earthquakes / United States: 1916 United States presidential election

15 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanTaishō era 1912–1926	United StatesUnited States 1776–
No events recorded for this year 1914지세령 공포 1915Chōsen Industrial Exhibition 19156월 박은식이 한국통사(韓國痛史)를 편찬 1917대동 단결 선언	1917 Nantou earthquakes June — Yuan died. 6月6日袁世凱病逝。黎元洪就任總統，段祺瑞任國務總理。10月31日黄兴病逝。ZH 1914Siege of Tsingtao 1914第一次世界大戰（1914-1918）爆发。9月日本军队于山东半岛北岸龙口登陆，11月攻占青岛。 1915National Protection War 1915Treaty of Kyakhta 1915September — Chen Duxiu founded the magazine New Youth. 1915袁世凱稱帝，改國號為中華帝國，云南将领蔡鍔等南部革命家组成护国军發動護國戰爭。5月25日中日民四条约签订。中共创始人之一的陳獨秀創立《青年雜誌》 1915December — Yuan declared himself the Hongxian Emperor of the Empire of China. 1915January — Japan issued the Twenty-One Demands to the Republic of China, including demands for territory in Shandong, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, rights of extraterritoriality for its citizens in China, and influence in China's internal affairs. 1915The progressive, anti-Confucian New Culture Movement was founded. 1917Manchu Restoration 1917November — History of the Chinese Communist Party: Bolsheviks led by Marxist leader Vladimir Lenin seized power in Russia in the October Revolution. 1917府院之爭，張勛拥护溥儀復辟失敗，孫中山廣州建大元帥府发动護法運動。吳稚暉編《國音字典》。毛澤東于長沙設新民學會。8月14日段祺瑞領導的北洋政府和中華民國第一屆國會通過了《對德宣戰案》，中華民國宣布对德意志帝國、奥匈帝國宣战，援助協约國。9月22日廣州國會非常會議承認對德宣戰案。 19181918 Shantou earthquake 1918魯迅發表小說《狂人日記》，抨击了中国古代“吃人”的封建思想。詩人蘇曼殊逝。中國科學社遷回國内，設在南京高師。汕头市发生7.2级大地震，1000人死亡。	No events recorded for this year 1914World War I 1914Siege of Tsingtao 1914Siemens scandal 19141914 Senboku earthquake 1914to 6 September — Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducts the world's first successful naval-launched air raids on 5 September 1914 and during the first months of World War I from Jiaozhou Bay off Qingdao. The first air-sea battle in history took place on 6 September 1914. 1915Sankebetsu brown bear incident 1915January — Japan sends the Twenty-One Demands to China. 1917Lansing–Ishii Agreement 1917Kogyo Shoyuken Senji Ho, the Wartime Law on Industrial Property, is enacted. 1918Rice riots of 1918 1918April — Japanese intervention in Siberia starts and continues until 1922. 1918January 1918 to April 1920 — Spanish flu pandemic began to devastate Japan, which killed 400,000 people.	1916 United States presidential election Treaty of the Danish West Indies the U.S. acquires Virgin Islands Battle of Columbus Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to U.S. congress Louis Brandeis appointed to Supreme Court Battle of Parral Jones Act The Great Migration begins Germany agrees to restrict submarine warfare Adamson Act Federal Farm Loan Act 1914Mother's Day established as a national holiday 1914Ludlow Massacre 1914Federal Trade Commission created 1914Thomson–Urrutia Treaty 1914Clayton Antitrust Act 1914ABC Powers 1914World War I begins when Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia 1915RMS Lusitania sunk 1915The Birth of a Nation opens 1915First transcontinental telephone is hooked up 1917National Hockey League formed 1917Lansing–Ishii Agreement 19171920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism 19171919 – Silent Sentinels hold a vigil outside the White House gates in favor of women's suffrage, a nearly two–and–a–half year demonstration organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party 1917U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark 1917U.S. enters World War I 1917Temperance movement leads to prohibition laws in 29 states 1917Zimmermann Telegram 1917March 4, 1917 – President Wilson and Vice President Marshall begin their second terms 1917Espionage and Sedition Acts 1918President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and postwar peace in Europe 1918Daylight saving time is first adopted 1918Spanish flu pandemic begins 19181918 San Fermín earthquake 1918Porvenir massacre 1918Attack on Orleans 1918Armistice agreement ends World War I 1918Republicans win back Congress in the Midterm elections.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanTaishō era 1912–1926

United StatesUnited States 1776–

No events recorded for this year

1914지세령 공포
1915Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
19156월 박은식이 한국통사(韓國痛史)를 편찬
1917대동 단결 선언

1917 Nantou earthquakes
June — Yuan died.
6月6日袁世凱病逝。黎元洪就任總統，段祺瑞任國務總理。10月31日黄兴病逝。ZH

1914Siege of Tsingtao
1914第一次世界大戰（1914-1918）爆发。9月日本军队于山东半岛北岸龙口登陆，11月攻占青岛。
1915National Protection War
1915Treaty of Kyakhta
1915September — Chen Duxiu founded the magazine New Youth.
1915袁世凱稱帝，改國號為中華帝國，云南将领蔡鍔等南部革命家组成护国军發動護國戰爭。5月25日中日民四条约签订。中共创始人之一的陳獨秀創立《青年雜誌》
1915December — Yuan declared himself the Hongxian Emperor of the Empire of China.
1915January — Japan issued the Twenty-One Demands to the Republic of China, including demands for territory in Shandong, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, rights of extraterritoriality for its citizens in China, and influence in China's internal affairs.
1915The progressive, anti-Confucian New Culture Movement was founded.
1917Manchu Restoration
1917November — History of the Chinese Communist Party: Bolsheviks led by Marxist leader Vladimir Lenin seized power in Russia in the October Revolution.
1917府院之爭，張勛拥护溥儀復辟失敗，孫中山廣州建大元帥府发动護法運動。吳稚暉編《國音字典》。毛澤東于長沙設新民學會。8月14日段祺瑞領導的北洋政府和中華民國第一屆國會通過了《對德宣戰案》，中華民國宣布对德意志帝國、奥匈帝國宣战，援助協约國。9月22日廣州國會非常會議承認對德宣戰案。
19181918 Shantou earthquake
1918魯迅發表小說《狂人日記》，抨击了中国古代“吃人”的封建思想。詩人蘇曼殊逝。中國科學社遷回國内，設在南京高師。汕头市发生7.2级大地震，1000人死亡。

No events recorded for this year

1914World War I
1914Siege of Tsingtao
1914Siemens scandal
19141914 Senboku earthquake
1914to 6 September — Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducts the world's first successful naval-launched air raids on 5 September 1914 and during the first months of World War I from Jiaozhou Bay off Qingdao. The first air-sea battle in history took place on 6 September 1914.
1915Sankebetsu brown bear incident
1915January — Japan sends the Twenty-One Demands to China.
1917Lansing–Ishii Agreement
1917Kogyo Shoyuken Senji Ho, the Wartime Law on Industrial Property, is enacted.
1918Rice riots of 1918
1918April — Japanese intervention in Siberia starts and continues until 1922.
1918January 1918 to April 1920 — Spanish flu pandemic began to devastate Japan, which killed 400,000 people.

1916 United States presidential election
Treaty of the Danish West Indies
the U.S. acquires Virgin Islands
Battle of Columbus
Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to U.S. congress
Louis Brandeis appointed to Supreme Court
Battle of Parral
Jones Act
The Great Migration begins
Germany agrees to restrict submarine warfare
Adamson Act
Federal Farm Loan Act

1914Mother's Day established as a national holiday
1914Ludlow Massacre
1914Federal Trade Commission created
1914Thomson–Urrutia Treaty
1914Clayton Antitrust Act
1914ABC Powers
1914World War I begins when Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia
1915RMS Lusitania sunk
1915The Birth of a Nation opens
1915First transcontinental telephone is hooked up
1917National Hockey League formed
1917Lansing–Ishii Agreement
19171920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism
19171919 – Silent Sentinels hold a vigil outside the White House gates in favor of women's suffrage, a nearly two–and–a–half year demonstration organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party
1917U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark
1917U.S. enters World War I
1917Temperance movement leads to prohibition laws in 29 states
1917Zimmermann Telegram
1917March 4, 1917 – President Wilson and Vice President Marshall begin their second terms
1917Espionage and Sedition Acts
1918President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and postwar peace in Europe
1918Daylight saving time is first adopted
1918Spanish flu pandemic begins
19181918 San Fermín earthquake
1918Porvenir massacre
1918Attack on Orleans
1918Armistice agreement ends World War I
1918Republicans win back Congress in the Midterm elections.