1916 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1916 in Iceland. Incumbents *Monarch – Christian X *Minister for Iceland, Minister – Einar Arnórsson Events *5 August – Icelandic parliamentary election, August 1916 *21 October – Icelandic parliamentary election, October 1916 *21 October – Icelandic community service referendum, 1916 *1916 Úrvalsdeild Births *6 December – Kristján Eldjárn, politician (d. 1982). *7 December – Sigurður Ólafsson, footballer (d. 1993) *21 December – Brandur Brynjólfsson, footballer (d. 1999). Deaths *11 July – Jón Ólafsson (journalist) , Jón Ólafsson, editor, journalist, and poet (b. 1850) References

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1916
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * February 9 – 6.00 p.m. – Tristan ...
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