December 1916

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David Lloyd George, new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Grigori Rasputin, murdered

The following events occurred in December 1916:

December 1, 1916 (Friday)[edit]

December 2, 1916 (Saturday)[edit]

December 3, 1916 (Sunday)[edit]

  • Battle of the Argeș – Both the intervention by Ottoman forces and slowed reinforcements on the Romanian side caused the attack to weaken against the Germans, allowing them to break out and route the counterattack.[10]
  • Capture of Yanbu – Arab forces retreated into the city limits of Yanbu and Ottoman forces surrounded them, but managed to build an emergency airstrip that allowed British aircraft to resupply the defenders until reinforcements arrived.[11]
  • French submarine Kanguroo was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine SM U-38, along with two accompanying ships. In all, 41 sailors died in the attack.[12]
  • Died: William Walker Scranton, American business executive, president of the Lackawanna Steel Company, son to George W. Scranton (b. 1844)

December 4, 1916 (Monday)[edit]

December 5, 1916 (Tuesday)[edit]

H. H. Asquith resigns as Prime Minister

December 6, 1916 (Wednesday)[edit]

German cavalry enter Bucharest.

December 7, 1916 (Thursday)[edit]

December 8, 1916 (Friday)[edit]

December 9, 1916 (Saturday)[edit]

December 10, 1916 (Sunday)[edit]

December 11, 1916 (Monday)[edit]

December 12, 1916 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 13, 1916 (Wednesday)[edit]

French General Robert Nivelle

December 14, 1916 (Thursday)[edit]

December 15, 1916 (Friday)[edit]

December 16, 1916 (Saturday)[edit]

December 17, 1916 (Sunday)[edit]

December 18, 1916 (Monday)[edit]

December 19, 1916 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 20, 1916 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 21, 1916 (Thursday)[edit]

December 22, 1916 (Friday)[edit]

December 23, 1916 (Saturday)[edit]

Camel corps at the Battle of Magdhaba

December 24, 1916 (Sunday)[edit]

December 25, 1916 (Monday)[edit]

December 26, 1916 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 27, 1916 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 28, 1916 (Thursday)[edit]

  • A strong La Niña created heavy rain and flooding in Clermont, Queensland, Australia, claiming more than 60 lives. Melbourne and Hobart each received a record 967.5 millimetres (38.09 in)[98] and 1,104.2 millimetres (43.47 in) of annual rainfall respectively.[99]
  • Six German Navy airships attempted a raid on England but are recalled due to bad weather. One airship was unable to return to base and landed nearby, where she was battered to pieces by wind.[100]
  • While ground crewman were walking the German Navy Zeppelin L 24 to her shed at Tondern, Germany, high winds picked up and slammed the airship against her hangar before catching fire. She and the Zeppelin L 17, which was in the hangar, were destroyed in the resulting blaze.[101]
  • The German air squadron Jagdstaffel 29 was established in the Luftstreitkräfte.[102]
  • Died: Tarleton Hoffman Bean, American biologist, recorded and classified indigenous fish in the northeastern United States and its eastern seaboard, as well as Alaska (b. 1846); Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer, member of the renowned Strauss family, son to Johann Strauss, best known for his dance compositions for the waltz, polka and march (b. 1835)

December 29, 1916 (Friday)[edit]

December 30, 1916 (Saturday)[edit]

December 31, 1916 (Sunday)[edit]

British General Douglas Haig

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