Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Dragon people are stubborn, energetic, healthy, short tempered and excitable. Brave and honest to the bone Dragons inspire confidence and trust in others. The most eccentric and also a little sensitive zodiac sign is that of the Dragon. Dragons have realistic views of the world and would hardly ever borrow money. Being easily excitable and energetic can sometimes give others advantage over the soft hearted Dragons.
Astrology character and traits of Dragon sign: Honorable, brave, healthy, intelligent, enthusiastic, independent, flamboyant, energetic, excitable, eccentric and short tempered.
1916 Zodiac Sign Dragon Compatibility
Chinese Zodiac Signs are based upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your zodiac animal sign is determined by your birthday year. If you were born in 1916 then your astrological sign is Dragon. There are twelve animal signs. Each animal has it's own attributes and personality traits the Chinese believe comprise the nature of each particular animal.
Best matches for Zodiac Sign Dragon are: Rooster, Monkey, Rat, Goat, Snake
Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Dragon are: Dog
Historical Events for the Year 1916
1st January Star Sign » Germany known as German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Cameroon known as Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
9th January Star Sign » World War I: The Gallipoli Campaign called Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
10th January Star Sign » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russian Empire called Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
24th January Star Sign » In 'Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad', the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
25th February Star Sign » World War I: the Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
29th February Star Sign » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
8th March Star Sign » World War I: A British Empire known as British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
9th March Star Sign » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in Battle of Columbus (1916) or an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
11th March Star Sign » USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought".
15th March Star Sign » President of the United States or President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to Pancho Villa Expedition called pursue Pancho Villa.
16th March Star Sign » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
20th March Star Sign » Albert Einstein publishes his general relativity named general theory of relativity.
22nd March Star Sign » The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
8th April Star Sign » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators.
9th April Star Sign » World War I: The Battle of Verdun German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
20th April Star Sign » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
24th April Star Sign » Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalism e.g nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.
24th April » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship ship Endurance 1912 ship 2.
25th April Star Sign » Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
25th April » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
29th April Star Sign » World War I: The United Kingdom or British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Empire named Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
29th April » Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalism or Irish nationalists to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called British authorities in Dublin.
10th May Star Sign » Sailing in the lifeboat Voyage of the James Caird named 'James Caird', Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands or South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
20th May Star Sign » The 'Saturday Evening Post' publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ('Boy with Baby Carriage').
31st May Star Sign » World War I: Battle of Jutland The British Grand Fleet under the command of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty engage the Imperial German Navy under the command of Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper in the largest naval b
1st June Star Sign » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States called United States Supreme Court.
3rd June Star Sign » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
4th June Star Sign » World War I: Russian Empire Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia (Eastern Europe) Galicia.
5th June Star Sign » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Past Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States called Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first History of Jews in the United States named American Jew to hold such a position.
10th June Star Sign » An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by T. E. Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia breaks out.
15th June Star Sign » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
24th June Star Sign » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
24th June » World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the Germany named German Line.
29th June Star Sign » The Irish Nationalism or Irish Nationalist and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland e.g British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1st July Star Sign » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
14th July Star Sign » Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
15th July Star Sign » In Seattle or Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
19th July Star Sign » World War I: Battle of Fromelles 61st (2nd South Midland) Division British and First Australian Imperial Force Australian troops attack German Empire German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.
22nd July Star Sign » In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street (San Francisco) e.g Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing ten and injuring 40.
30th July Star Sign » Black Tom explosion called Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
2nd August Star Sign » World War I: Austria-Hungary Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italy Italian battleship 'Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci' in Taranto.
5th August Star Sign » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman Empire or Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retre
14th August Star Sign » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I.
27th August Star Sign » The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allies of World War I or Allied nations.
28th August Star Sign » World War I: Germany declares war on Kingdom of Romania e.g Romania.
28th August » World War I: Kingdom of Italy e.g Italy declares war on Germany.
29th August Star Sign » The United States passes the Jones Law (Philippines) named Philippine Autonomy Act.
3rd September Star Sign » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
15th September Star Sign » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
17th September Star Sign » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftwaffe e.g Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
19th September Star Sign » During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur called General Charles Tombeur captured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
27th September Star Sign » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu I.
7th October Star Sign » Georgia Institute of Technology or Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game called lopsided college football game in American history.
16th October Star Sign » In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
27th October Star Sign » Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V of Ethiopia named Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia called Zauditu.
1st November Star Sign » Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
5th November Star Sign » The Kingdom of Poland (Mitteleuropa) e.g Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
5th November » The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
7th November Star Sign » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress of the United States called Congress.
13th November Star Sign » Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Australian Labor Party called Labor Party over his support for conscription.
18th November Star Sign » World War I: Battle of the Somme (1916) First Battle of the Somme in France, British Expeditionary Force (World War I) British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
18th December Star Sign » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 Casualty (person) called casualties.
19th December Star Sign » World War I: Battle of Verdun On the Western Front (World War I) named Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army World War I 1914–1918 called German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
30th December Star Sign » The last coronation of the Hungarian monarch coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles I of Austria Charles IV and Queen Zita of Bourbon-Parma Zita.