Centenary of the Easter Rising Centenary of the Easter Rising The centenary of the Easter Rising occurred in 2016. Many events occurred to mark the occasion. Note that Easter Day fell on 27 March in 2016 and on 23 April in 1916. The Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916. On 20 January, Ireland's first ever commemorative €2 coin went into circulation to mark the centenary year of the Easter Rising. It was designed by Emmet Mullins and featured, alongside the two years, a statue of "Hibernia" aboard the General Post Office and the word "Hibernia" in Book of Kells-influenced lettering. A weekend of
1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey rural counties in western North Jersey, Warren, Sussex, and Hunterdon, which had long been Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state. Despite being Wilson's home state, New Jersey registered as the second most Republican state in the nation in terms of vote share after Vermont and the fourth most Republican state in the nation in terms of margin, the state being about 15% more Republican than the national average. 1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey The 1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the