THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 16
May 16 in history
What happened on May 16: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1916, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Sykes–Picot Agreement
16 May 1916 — The same year as the promises to Hussein, Britain and France secretly rule lines across the post-Ottoman Middle East: “A” for France, “B” for Britain. The Bolsheviks publish the map in 1917. The double promise shapes a century.
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