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unusual facts about November 1916


November 1916

The novel picks up on the brink of the Russian Revolution, depicting characters from all walks of life — from soldiers and peasants to Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and Lenin.



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British 4th Cavalry Division

1st Indian Cavalry Division which was designated 4th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France in World War I

Burma Rifles

The expansion of the British Indian Army during World War I led to the raising of two companies of Burma Pioneers in Mandalay in November 1916.

Charles Alfred Bartlett

Bartlett is perhaps best remembered as the captain of the HMHS Britannic during World War I, from 1915 to November 1916, when the ship was sunk off Greece by a German-laid mine.

Clarence R. Huebner

A farm boy from Bushton, Kansas, who spent almost seven years serving from private to sergeant in the 18th Infantry, Huebner received a regular commission in November 1916.

Courageous-class battlecruiser

During her sea trials in November 1916 off the River Tyne, Courageous sustained structural damage while running at full speed in a rough head sea.

Edward Heaton-Ellis

In November 1916, Heaton-Ellis was appointed chief of staff to Rear-Admiral Sir William Pakenham, commanding the Battlecruiser Squadron, in HMS Lion.

Ernest Durack

Holman and his followers remained in power by forming a coalition government with the Liberal Reform Party of Charles Wade on 15 November 1916 and the ALP became the opposition with 21 supporters in a house of 90 members.

George E. Spring

In November 1916, he was re-elected, but was already lying ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Houp La!

The original production of the show was mounted by Charles B. Cochran at London's new St Martin's Theatre, opening on 23 November 1916 and starring Gertie Millar, George Graves, Nat Ayer and Ida Adams.

Jack Lowry

Jack Brown Lowry (born 25 November 1916 in Lambton) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

James Pope-Hennessy

Richard James Arthur Pope-Hennessy was born in London on 20 November 1916, the younger son of Ladislaus Herbert Richard Pope-Hennessy, a soldier from County Cork, Ireland, and his wife, Una, the daughter of Arthur Birch, Lieutenant-Governor of Ceylon.

John Oliver Andrews

Andrews then scored sporadically until he tallied his seventh win—and his last with 24 Squadron—on 22 November 1916 when he shot down German double ace Stefan Kirmaier, Staffelführer of Jasta 2.

Joseph Stones

The incident for which he was executed occurred near Arras on 26 November 1916.

Kurt Grasshoff

Although the historical record is unclear, it appears that Grasshoff originally trained to pilot two-seat observation aircraft, and by November 1916 as an Oberleutnant he was assigned to Jasta 15 as a single-seater pilot, based at Habsheim.

Lord Carr

Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC (born 11 November 1916) was a British Conservative politician.

Marziale Cerutti

In November 1916, he was posted as a sergente to his first operational assignment, with 79a Squadriglia.

P. Thyagarayar

The movement was formally found on 20 November 1916 at Chennai, India.

Peter Goggins

On 26 November 1916, Goggins was guarding a position near Arras on the Western Front with Corporal John McDonald.

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

#Adelaide Marie (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

RAF Buckminster

The base was active during the First World War, firstly with a flight of No. 38 Squadron RFC initially with the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 between 1 October 1916 and November 1916 before returning on 25 May 1918 with the FE 2B & 2D versions of the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2.

Ram Chandra Vikal

Ram Chandra Vikal (8 November 1916, Nayagaon Basantpur, Ghaziabad district – 26 June 2011) was a Gurjar leader, freedom fighter and deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Reynold Higgins

Reynold Alleyne Higgins (born 26 November 1916 in Weybridge (Surrey); died 18 April 1993 in Dunsfold (Surrey) was a Classical Archaeologist and Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum.

William E. Jordan

Although active in his union, Jordan had never held a public office before being elected to the Assembly in November, 1916 to succeed fellow Socialist (and union activist) James Vint.

William Wadsworth Hodkinson

Hodkinson soon joined Raymond Pawley to start Superpictures Incorporated in November 1916, and was the producer for the Leon F. Douglass color feature film Cupid Angling (1918).