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  2. 1916 in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    7 August – There was a large audience at the Bohemian Theatre in Dublin for the first screening of the Film Company of Ireland's first film, O'Neill of the Glen. September – W. B. Yeats' poem Easter 1916 was written. 13 December – Lennox Robinson's play The Whiteheaded Boy was premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. [6]

  3. 1916 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July 1–12 – At least one shark mauls five swimmers along 80 miles (130 km) of New Jersey coastline during the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, resulting in four deaths and the survival of one youth who required limb amputation. This event is the inspiration for author Peter Benchley, over half a century later, to write Jaws.

  4. 1916 United States presidential election in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The 1916 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 1916. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .

  5. Easter Rising - Wikipedia

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    The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.

  6. Category:1916 events in North America by month - Wikipedia

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    December 1916 events in North America (1 C) U. 1916 events in the United States by month (10 C)

  7. 109th Virginia General Assembly - Wikipedia

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    The 1916 General Assembly took place during the latter half of Henry Carter Stuart's governorship. It was the last full session during which J. Taylor Ellyson served as lieutenant governor and president of the state senate; as of 2013, he is the only person in Virginia history to have served three terms in that office.

  8. Category:1916 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; ... 1916 Virginia elections (4 P) S. 1916 in sports in ...

  9. Proclamation of the Irish Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Proclamation of the Republic (Irish: Forógra na Poblachta), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916.