April 1916

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British soldiers in position behind a stack of barrels during the Easter Rising in Dublin.
Proclamation of the Republic, Easter 1916.

The following events occurred in April 1916:

Saturday, April 1, 1916

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Sunday, April 2, 1916

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Monday, April 3, 1916

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British polar ship Aurora arrived in New Zealand after drifting for 312 days.

Tuesday, April 4, 1916

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Wednesday, April 5, 1916

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Gregory Peck, American actor, renowned for starring roles in Gentleman's Agreement, Roman Holiday, The Guns of Navarone and Cape Fear, recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for To Kill a Mockingbird, in San Diego (d. 2003) Morley Baer, American photographer, best known for his landscape and urban photography of San Francisco and the California coastline, in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1995) Jean Trescases, a French Army Chief warrant officer who fought in various conflicts (d.1951)

Thursday, April 6, 1916

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Friday, April 7, 1916

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Saturday, April 8, 1916

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Sunday, April 9, 1916

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Monday, April 10, 1916

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Tuesday, April 11, 1916

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Wednesday, April 12, 1916

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Men of the 13th Cavalry Regiment at a train station in Columbus, New Mexico, en route to Mexico for the Pancho Villa Expedition.

Thursday, April 13, 1916

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Friday, April 14, 1916

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Saturday, April 15, 1916

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Ernest Shackleton and his party arrived at Elephant Island to set up a new camp for the shipwrecked expedition party in the Antarctic.

Sunday, April 16, 1916

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Monday, April 17, 1916

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Tuesday, April 18, 1916

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Wednesday, April 19, 1916

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Aerial photo of the mine craters at St. Eloi, Belgium after three weeks of fighting.

Thursday, April 20, 1916

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Friday, April 21, 1916

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Irish nationalist Roger Casement was arrested for smuggling weapons to the Easter Rising in Dublin.

Saturday, April 22, 1916

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Sunday, April 23, 1916

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Monday, April 24, 1916

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Ernest Shackleton and five companions launched a modified lifeboat from Elephant Island to seek help for the stranded Antarctic expedition.

Tuesday, April 25, 1916

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Wednesday, April 26, 1916

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Thursday, April 27, 1916

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Friday, April 28, 1916

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Saturday, April 29, 1916

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British commander Charles Townshend met Halil Pasha to surrender after the city of Kut fell.

Sunday, April 30, 1916

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