Historical Events In January - 16
Thursday, 16 October 2025
0308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.
0429 Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on this day in history.
0550 Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison on this day in history.
0960 Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.
1120 The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem on this day in history.
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed on January - 16.
1325 Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade on January - 16.
1343 On January - 16 robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
1362 On this day in history a great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt.
1412 On January - 16 the Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
1492 The first grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen Isabella on January - 16.
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his first trip on January - 16.
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip on January - 16.
1531 On January - 16 english Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1547 Ivan the Terrible crowns himselfst tsar of Russia on January - 16.
1547 On January - 16 ivan the Terrible is crowned Czar of Russia.
1547 On January - 16 ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
1556 Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain on January - 16.
1572 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England on this day in history.
1581 On this day in history english parliament passes laws against Catholicism
1587 On this day in history alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter
1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on January - 16.
1604 At the Hampton Court Conference in England, John Rainolds presents to King James I the motion '...that there might bee a newe translation of the Bible.' Approved the next day, Rainolds' motion leads to the 1611 publication of the King James' Bible on January - 16.
1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid on January - 16.
1672 On January - 16 francesco Mancini, composer
1697 On this day in history richard Savage, English poet
1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1728 On January - 16 niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
1749 On this day in history vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda)
1756 On January - 16 england & Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster
1757 On January - 16 samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
1759 On January - 16 british Museum opens in London
1761 British took Pondicherry after siege, marking end of French dominion in India on this day in history.
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