is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
*1916 – Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
*1919 – The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina