21 November 1916

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War in the Air

No.52 Squadron becomes the first front line squadron to receive the R.A.F. R.E.8.

War at Sea

SMS Sachsen, name-ship of Sachsen class of battleships, is launched. She is never completed.

German S 49 class destroyer S 66 is launched.

Home Front - Austro-Hungary

Emperor Franz Joseph I, 1830-1916
Emperor
Franz Joseph I, 1830-1916

Death of Emperor Franz Joseph I at the end of a reign that began in 1848. His death meant that Franz Joseph didn't live to see the collapse of the Empire he had spent his life attempting to preserve.


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 21 November 1916 , https://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1916_11_21.html

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