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December 1916
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The following events occurred in December 1916:

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David Lloyd George, new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Grigori Rasputin, murdered
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December 1, 1916 (Friday)

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December 2, 1916 (Saturday)

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December 3, 1916 (Sunday)

December 4, 1916 (Monday)

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December 5, 1916 (Tuesday)

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H. H. Asquith resigns as Prime Minister
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December 6, 1916 (Wednesday)

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German cavalry enter Bucharest.
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December 7, 1916 (Thursday)

December 8, 1916 (Friday)

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December 9, 1916 (Saturday)

December 10, 1916 (Sunday)

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December 11, 1916 (Monday)

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December 12, 1916 (Tuesday)

December 13, 1916 (Wednesday)

  • An estimated 10,000 to 18,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers were killed by avalanches in the Dolomites, including 321 on "White Friday". According to some reports, both sides deliberately fired shells into the weakened snowpacks in an attempt to bury the other side.[42][page needed]
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French General Robert Nivelle

December 14, 1916 (Thursday)

December 15, 1916 (Friday)

December 16, 1916 (Saturday)

December 17, 1916 (Sunday)

December 18, 1916 (Monday)

December 19, 1916 (Tuesday)

December 20, 1916 (Wednesday)

December 21, 1916 (Thursday)

December 22, 1916 (Friday)

December 23, 1916 (Saturday)

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Camel corps at the Battle of Magdhaba

December 24, 1916 (Sunday)

December 25, 1916 (Monday)

December 26, 1916 (Tuesday)

December 27, 1916 (Wednesday)

December 28, 1916 (Thursday)

  • A strong La Niña created heavy rain and flooding in Clermont, Queensland, Australia, claiming more than 60 lives. Melbourne and Hobart each received a record 967.5 millimetres (38.09 in)[98] and 1,104.2 millimetres (43.47 in) of annual rainfall respectively.[99]
  • Six German Navy airships attempted a raid on England but are recalled due to bad weather. One airship was unable to return to base and landed nearby, where she was battered to pieces by wind.[100]
  • While ground crewman were walking the German Navy Zeppelin L 24 to her shed at Tondern, Germany, high winds picked up and slammed the airship against her hangar before catching fire. She and the Zeppelin L 17, which was in the hangar, were destroyed in the resulting blaze.[101]
  • The German air squadron Jagdstaffel 29 was established in the Luftstreitkräfte.[102]
  • Died:

December 29, 1916 (Friday)

December 30, 1916 (Saturday)

December 31, 1916 (Sunday)

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British General Douglas Haig

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