This is a list of aviation-related events from 1916:
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Events
January
- January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with Pour le Mérite ("the Blue Max")
- January 29 - the second and last Zeppelin raid on Paris inflicts 54 casualties. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1913: Events The Serbian air force is established as an army air service This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1914 Events January January 1 - The St This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1915: Events January January 19 - First Zeppelin raid on the This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1917: Events January January 27 - French air-raid on Freiburg This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1918: Events January January 25 - 2nd Lt Carl Mather is killed This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1919: Events Raymond Orteig offers the Orteig Prize for the first non-stop The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices ( Aircraft) including the people organizations and regulatory bodies involved with them Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat } Max Immelmann ( September 21, 1890 – June 18, 1916) was a German World War I Flying ace. Oswald Boelcke (ˈbœlkə 19 May, 1891 &ndash 28 October, 1916) was a German Flying ace of the First World The Pour le Mérite, known informally during World War I as the Blue Max (Blauer Max was the Kingdom of Prussia 's highest military order until Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. A Zeppelin is a type of Rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on designs he had outlined Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
March
- March 16 - US military aircraft fly their first mission over foreign soil when Curtiss JN3s of the 1st Aero Squadron carry out reconnaissance over Mexico. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" is a series of Biplane aircraft built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
- March 18 - German ace Ernst Udet scores his first kill
April
- April 15 - RFC and RNAS aircraft deliver 13 tons of stores into Kut el Amara, Mesopotamia, while it is besieged by the Turks. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Colonel General Ernst Udet ( April 26 1896 – November 17 1941) was the second-highest scoring German Flying Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British For the town in Armenia see Kut Armenia. Al-Kūt ( BGN: Al Kūt; also spelled Kut-Al-Imara or Kut El Amara Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding The Siege of Kut was a major battle of World War I. It was part of the Mesopotamian Campaign (in what is now Iraq) This was the first time aircraft were used for such a purpose.
- April 20 - the Escadrille Américanne, later to be known as Lafayette Escadrille, is established as an American volunteer unit in France, equipped with Nieuport 11s. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. The Lafayette Escadrille (from the French Escadrille de Lafayette) was a squadron of the French Air Service the Aéronautique militaire WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
May
- May 2 - eight German Zeppelins raid the east coast of England, causing 39 casualties. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. The Zeppelin L 20 (LZ59) is wrecked in a storm off Stavanger, Norway on the return journey. is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
- May 17 - Parasite fighter experiments begin in the UK to launch a Bristol Scout from a Porte Baby airship. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. A parasite aircraft is an aircraft which is carried and air launched by a Mother ship aircraft For the later monoplane see Bristol M1 Monoplane Scout The Bristol Scout was a simple single seat rotary-engined Biplane The Felixstowe Porte Baby was a British reconnaissance Flying boat of the First World War first flying in 1916
June
- June 17 - the first French ace, Jean Navarre, is shot down and wounded, ending his combat career with 12 confirmed kills. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Jean Marie Dominique Navarre (1895-1919 became known as the first pilot ever to shoot against another one starting the air warfare during WW1
- June 18 - the first German ace Max Immelmann is shot down and killed by a FE.2b from No. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries } Max Immelmann ( September 21, 1890 – June 18, 1916) was a German World War I Flying ace. The Royal Aircraft Factory FE2 was a two-seat pusher Biplane that was operated as a day and night Bomber and as a Fighter aircraft by the 25 Squadron RFC -- a symbolic end of the "Fokker Scourge". The Fokker Scourge was a term coined by the British press in the summer of 1915 to describe the then-current ascendency of the Fokker Eindecker monoplane fighters He had scored 15 kills.
- June 23 - Victor Chapman of Lafayette Escadrille becomes the first US airman to be killed in action, shot down near Verdun. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Victor Chapman (1892 &ndash September 23, 1916) was a French - American pilot remembered for his exploits during World War I. Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune
July
- No. 3 Wing RNAS becomes Britain's first strategic bombing unit, equipped with Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters
- July 1 - beginning of the Battle of the Somme. Strategic bombing is a Military strategy used in a Total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation-state by destroying its economic ability to wage war rather WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916 was among the largest battles of the First World War In the five months of the battle, the British lose 782 aircraft and 576 pilots but maintain air superiority over the battlefield.
August
- August 2 - 16 German Zeppelins raid southeast England. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Lt William Leefe-Robinson, RFC shoots down Zeppelin SL 11 in a BE.2c. William Leefe Robinson VC ( 14 July, 1895 &ndash 31 December, 1918) was the first British pilot to shoot down a German Airship The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- August 6 - French ace Capitaine René Fonck gains his first confirmed victory. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. René Paul Fonck ( 27 March[[ 894]]&ndash 18 June[[ 953]] was a French aviator who ended the Great War as the top Allied fighter ace
- August 27 - Oswald Boelcke creates the first German special fighter squadron Jagdstaffel 2 (Jasta 2). Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Oswald Boelcke (ˈbœlkə 19 May, 1891 &ndash 28 October, 1916) was a German Flying ace of the First World
September
- September 15 - British submarine B-10 is sunk by Austrian Lohner flying boats, led by Fregatten-Leutnant Zelezny, becoming the first submarine sunk by aircraft; French submarine Foucault is sunk by two Austrian Lohner flying boats, led by Fregatten-Leutnant Zelezny, becoming the first submarine sunk at sea by aircraft. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. A flying boat is a specialised form of Aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water using its Fuselage as a floating hull.
- September 17 - Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen scores his first kill, from a Albatros D.II
- September 23-24 - eleven Zeppelins attack England. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Two are shot down, LZ 76 by ground fire, and LZ 74 by Lt Frederick Sowrey
October
- October 12 -Canadian Royal Naval Air Service ace Raymond Collishaw claims his first victory. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Air Vice Marshal Raymond Collishaw CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, DSC, DFC, RAF ( 22 November 1893
- October 28 - German ace Oswald Boelcke is killed in a mid-air collision. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Oswald Boelcke (ˈbœlkə 19 May, 1891 &ndash 28 October, 1916) was a German Flying ace of the First World
November
- November 23 - British ace Lanoe Hawker VC is shot down by Manfred von Richthofen
- November 28 - Central London is bombed by an LVG C. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO ( December 30, 1890 &ndash November 23, 1916) was a World War I English WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. II flown by R. Brandt
First flights
February
- February 9 - Sopwith Pup flown by Harry Hawker
April
May
- May 28 - Sopwith Triplane flown by Harry Hawker
June
- June 17 - Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
- June 29 - the B & W Seaplane, William Boeing's first aircraft. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. The Sopwith Pup was a British single seater Biplane Fighter aircraft used during the First World War. Harry George Hawker MBE, AFC, ( January 22, 1889 &ndash July 12, 1921. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Harry George Hawker MBE, AFC, ( January 22, 1889 &ndash July 12, 1921. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat The Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 was a British two-seat Biplane Reconnaissance and Bomber aircraft of the First World War. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. The Boeing Model 1, also known as the B & W Seaplane, was a United States single-engine Biplane Seaplane aircraft William Edward Boeing (born "Wilhelm Edward Boeing" ( October 1, 1881 – September 27, 1956) was an Aviation pioneer who
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February
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August
- SPAD S.VII with Escadrille No. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane was a project undertaken during World War I to develop an aerial torpedo, a pilotless aircraft capable of carrying explosives Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Airco DH2 was a single-seat Biplane " pusher " aircraft which operated as a fighter PLEASE SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE--> No XXIV' or 24 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the C-130J Hercules C WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 26
November
December
WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes The Sopwith Pup was a British single seater Biplane Fighter aircraft used during the First World War. No 54 or LIV Squadron is a Squadron of the Royal Air Force. It is a reserve squadron based at RAF Waddington, EnglandDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic