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1916
February 21: Battle of Verdun opens with German artillery assault deploying more than 1,600 artillery pieces and firing 100,000 shells per hour
March 15: U.S. troops under the command of General John J. Pershing cross the border into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa
April 16: American pilots form the Lafayette Escadrille in France
April 24: Easter Rising: more than 1,600 Irish nationalists rebel against British government; uprising results in 2,000 dead and its leaders executed
June 5: Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire begins with an uprising in Medina |