Timeline January 1916

Events in January 1916 5

• 1850 – 1916 Victoriano Huerta (1850-1916) Died 13 January 1916, aged 65 Victoriano Huerta was a Mexican general who served as president from 1913 to 1914 after the overthrow of Francisco Madero. He died in United States custody in El Paso, Texas, after being arrested while allegedly plotting a return to power in Mexico.
• 1915 – 1916 Gallipoli -- the campaign that makes Ataturk The Gallipoli campaign (February 1915 - January 1916) is the largest Allied amphibious operation of WWI and its most famous failure. Britain and France attempt to knock the Ottomans out of the war, open a supply route to Russia and capture Istanbul by landing at Gallipoli. The Ottomans, commanded by the German general Liman von Sanders and the Ottoman colonel Mustafa Kemal, hold the heights. Kemal's defence of Chunuk Bair (August 1915) -- 'I am not ordering you to attack, I am ordering you to die' -- becomes legendary. The Allies withdraw in January 1916 having suffered 250,000 casualties. Gallipoli creates Kemal's reputation and becomes the founding myth of both Australia/New Zealand (ANZAC) and modern Turkey.
• 1915 – 1916 The Gallipoli campaign Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire Allied troops landed on the peninsula and never got off the beaches. Eight months and around 250,000 casualties on each side ended in evacuation — the campaign's only well-executed phase.
• 1916 – 1975 Paul Keres Estonian chess legend Paul Keres was among the strongest players never to become World Champion. He remained a world-class competitor across several decades and narrowly missed a World Championship match five times.
• 1916 Military Service Act introduces conscription in Britain Britain conscripts soldiers for the first time The British Parliament passed the Military Service Act, introducing conscription for single men aged 18 to 41. It marked the first time Britain had conscripted soldiers for overseas service, and was extended to married men later in the year.