The Great War Timeline - 1916

JANUARY 1916

1st January

4th January

6th January

7th January

8th January

9th January

10th January

11th January

12th January

13th January

14th January

15th January

16th January

17th January

18th January

19th January

20th January

21st January

22nd January

23rd January

24th January

25th January

26th January

27th January

29th January

31st January

FEBRUARY 1916

1st February

2nd February

8th February

9th February

10th February

11th February

12th February

13th February

14th February

15th February

16th February

17th February

18th February

19th February

21st February

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — Verdun

22nd February

23rd February

24th February

25th February

26th February

27th February

28th February

29th February

MARCH 1916

1st March

2nd March

3rd March

4th March

5th March

6th March

8th March

9th March

10th March

11th March

12th March

13th March

14th March

15th March

16th March

17th March

18th March

19th March

20th March

21st March

22nd March

24th March

28th March

29th March

30th March

31st March

APRIL 1916

1st April

3rd April

4th April

5th April

6th April

9th April

11th April

14th April

15th April

17th April

18th April

19th April

20th April

22nd April

24th April

25th April

26th April

27th April

29th April

30th April

MAY 1916

1st May

3rd May

4th May

5th May

7th May

9th May

10th May

11th May

13th May

14th May

15th May

16th May

17th May

18th May

19th May

21st May

22nd May

23rd May

24th May

25th May

26th May

27th May

29th May

31st May

JUNE 1916

1st June

2nd June

3rd June

4th June

5th June

6th June

7th June

8th June

9th June

10th June

11th June

12th June

13th June

14th June

15th June

16th June

17th June

19th June

20th June

21st June

22nd June

23rd June

24th June

27th June

30th June

JULY 1916

1st July

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

2nd July

3rd July

7th July

9th July

10th July

11th July

12th July

14th July

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

15th July

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

17th July

18th July

19th July

20th July

22nd July

23rd July

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

25th July

27th July

28th July

29th July

30th July

31st July

AUGUST 1916

2nd August

3rd August

4th August

5th August

6th August

8th August

9th August

10th August

11th August

12th August

15th August

17th August

19th August

22nd August

23rd August

24th August

25th August

26th August

27th August

28th August

29th August

30th August

31st August

SEPTEMBER 1916

1st September

2nd September

3rd September

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

4th September

6th

7th September

8th September

9th September

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

10th September

11th September

14th September

15th September

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

16th September

17th September

18th September

19th September

20th September

22nd September

23rd September

24th September

25th September

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

26th September

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

28th September

29th September

OCTOBER 1916

1st October

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

3rd October

5th October

7th October

8th October

9th October

10th October

11th October

12th October

13th October

14th October

17th October

18th October

20th October

21st October

22nd October

24th October

25th October

26th October

28th October

29th October

30th October

31st October

NOVEMBER 1916

1st November

4th November

5th November

6th November

7th November

11th November

12th November

13th November

Battles of the Western Front: Grinding Battles of Attrition in 1916 — the Somme

15th November

16th November

18th November

19th November

20th November

21st November

22nd November

23rd November

24th November

25th November

26th November

27th November

28th November

29th November

30th November

DECEMBER 1916

1st December

2nd December

3rd December

4th December

5th December

6th December

7th December

8th December

9th December

11th December

12th December

13th December

14th December

15th December

17th December

18th December

19th December

21st December

22nd December

23rd December

26th December

27th December

30th December

31st December

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Acknowledgements

Various sources have been used to create this timeline but a large proportion have come from a 1987 reprint of the following book first published in 1922 by His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO):

History of the Great War - Principal Events 1914-1918, HMSO, 1922, ISBN - 0 948 13031 8

For other specific sources used in this website see the bibliography:

Bibliography