Politics
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(420)1916
January
- 15
- Serbian government moves to BrindisiIn mid-January 1916 Pašić's government left threatened Scutari and sailed to Brindisi in Italy. A few days later it moved on from there to Corfu.
- King Peter leaves SalonikaOn 15 January 1916 King Peter I of Serbia sailed from Salonika on a French warship. He went to take a cure at the spa of Edipsos on the Greek island of Euboea.
February
- 23
- Portugal seizes German shipsOn 23 February 1916, at Britain's request, the Portuguese seized 36 German and Austrian ships that had lain in the Tagus off Lisbon since the start of the war.
- Robert Cecil becomes Minister of BlockadeOn 23 February 1916 Asquith announced that Lord Robert Cecil, with Cabinet rank, would direct the whole blockade of Germany. So the Ministry of Blockade arose.
March
- 05
- Resignation of FarmanfarmaAt the turn of February and March 1916 the government of Prince Farmanfarma, Britain's closest friend in Tehran, fell. It had lasted just over two months.
- Resignation of the Persian foreign ministerAlong with Farmanfarma's government in March 1916, Persia's foreign minister Moshaver ol-Mamalek left office, not Mohtasham os-Saltaneh as the chronology says.
- 06
- Newton Baker becomes US Secretary of WarOn 6 March 1916 Wilson announced that the new US Secretary of War would be Newton Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, seen as a pacifist. He replaced L. Garrison.
- Sepahsalar becomes prime minister of PersiaIn early March 1916 Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni, the Sepahsalar, hero of the 1909 revolution and advocate of accord with Russia, became Persian premier.
- Sarem od-Dowleh becomes foreign minister of PersiaIn early March 1916 Prince Akbar Mirza, Sarem od-Dowleh, a grandson of Naser al-Din Shah educated in England, became head of Persian diplomacy.
- 15
- Eduard von Capelle becomes naval secretaryOn 15 March 1916 Berlin announced that Tirpitz's successor at the Imperial Naval Office would be Admiral Eduard von Capelle, his long-time collaborator.
- António José de Almeida becomes prime minister of PortugalOn 15 March 1916 the Evolutionist António José de Almeida took charge of the wartime "Sacred Union" government. Afonso Costa became its finance minister.
- 29
- Shuvayev replaces PolivanovAt the end of March 1916 Tsar Nicholas II dismissed the Minister of War, Aleksei Polivanov. He was succeeded by the army's chief quartermaster, Dmitry Shuvayev.
- General Oka resignsAt the end of March 1916 Japan's war minister Oka Ichinosuke left office through illness. During his tenure Japan entered the war and took Tsingtao.
April
May
June
- 21
- Resignation of the Skouloudis governmentOn 21 June 1916, the day the Entente demanded a change of government in Greece, Prime Minister Stefanos Skouloudis resigned after less than eight months.
- Zaimis prime minister of Greece againOn 21 June 1916 King Constantine entrusted the government to Alexandros Zaimis, who accepted all the Entente's demands and formed a cabinet of officials.
July
August
September
October
- 09
- Venizelos arrives in SalonikaOn 9 October 1916 Eleftherios Venizelos arrived in Salonika and, with Admiral Kountouriotis and General Danglis, headed the government of National Defence.
- Terauchi becomes prime minister of JapanOn 9 October 1916 Marshal Masatake Terauchi, Governor-General of Korea, replaced Ōkuma as head of Japan's government. His cabinet did not rest on the parties.
November
- 21
- Key eventDeath of Franz JosephOn 21 November 1916 the 86-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I died at Schönbrunn after almost 68 years on the throne. His great-nephew Charles I succeeded him.
- Motono becomes Foreign Minister of JapanOn 21 November 1916 Prime Minister Terauchi handed the foreign ministry to Viscount Ichirō Motono, Japan's representative in Russia for ten years.
December
- 13
- Körber resignsOn 13 December 1916 Austrian Prime Minister Ernest von Körber resigned; Emperor Karl I accepted. They disagreed over parliament and concessions to Hungary.
- Pokrovsky becomes Russian foreign ministerOn 13 December 1916 Nicholas II appointed the State Comptroller Nikolai Pokrovsky foreign minister. He was the last head of tsarist diplomacy.
- 25
- Nicholas II's order on PolandOn 25 December 1916 Tsar Nicholas II, in an order to the army and navy, listed among Russia's war aims the creation of a free Poland from all three partitions.
- Anathema against VenizelosOn 25 December 1916 Archbishop Theoklitos of Athens cursed Venizelos on the Field of Ares. The crowd stoned a cairn meant as a monument to the "traitor".