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Latest News for: 1916

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Two determined 1916 women and the winding road to voting rights

Dothan Eagle 30 Mar 2026
By the time Alice Burke and Nell Richardson rolled into Montgomery on April 22, 1916, they'd been through a difficult, 16-day ride ... .
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On this week: Annie Murphy speaks, 1916 memories and a Boyzone blockade

RTE 26 Mar 2026
On This Week. Irish moments from history (30th March to April 5th) ... 1965 ... In the studio in 1965 ... Childhood memories of the 1916 Rising. On April 1st 1991, to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, 'Live at Three' hosted a special programme.
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'Talking drum' looted by France in 1916 back in Ivory Coast

Floyd County Chronicle 13 Mar 2026
The Djidji Ayokwe "talking drum", which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived back in Ivory Coast Friday, in the latest repatriation of stolen artefacts ... .
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Sacred drum looted by France in 1916 finally back home

Independent online (SA) 23 Feb 2026
The drum was confiscated by French colonial troops in 1916 as a tactic to suppress the Atchan people's resistance against colonial rule ... The return of the Djidji Ayokwe is another chapter in France's reassessment of its colonial past ... RT .
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1916: The bloody battle of Verdun

Deutsche Welle 20 Feb 2026
The small, French town was the site of one of the bloodiest chapters of World War I, where German and French soldiers battled for 300 days — with neither side emerging victorious ... .
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WashU student-made film from 1916 is added to National Film Registry

St Louis Post-Dispatch 19 Feb 2026
The 14-minute silent film tells a charmingly naive story of two students in love ... .
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‘Dream on’: Moore Street trader not expecting completion of long-mooted 1916 centre soon

The Irish Times 19 Feb 2026
Minister for Housing James Browne was visiting to announce Government approval for a 1916 Rising commemorative centre at 14-17 Moore Street to proceed to tender stage ... The buildings near Cullen’s stall were the final headquarters of the 1916 rebels.
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‘Contrary to opposition opinion, Fianna Fáil will deliver a 1916 Commemorative Centre at Moore Street’ – Senator Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)

Public Technologies 19 Feb 2026
Fianna Fáil Senator and Dublin Spokesperson, Mary Fitzpatrick, warmly welcomes the announcement of the Moore Street project to commemorate the 1916 Rising will progress to tender stage and construction.
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Stage IRA Man – Frank McNally on the real and pretend 1916 Rising of actor Arthur Shields

The Irish Times 06 Feb 2026
Writing last week (Diary, January 29th) about the trouble that accompanied the opening run of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars in February 1926, I suggested it mirrored the 1916 Rising itself.
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In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it.

Popular Science 05 Feb 2026
But by 1916, the Ford-Edison electric car still hadn’t materialized ... Plus, in 1916, electricity was scant outside cities ... Before he released his hybrid in 1916, Woods had already been at the forefront of electric vehicle design for nearly two decades.
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Did Deadly Shark Attacks Influence The 1916 Presidential Election?

IFL Science 26 Jan 2026
it goes back specifically to 1916 – and, legend has it, nearly cost Woodrow Wilson his presidency ... After the summer of 1916, however, the public had a new nemesis ... But with the summer of 1916, Achen and Bartels believed something else was at play.
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