Historical Events In July - 16

1848  On this day in history henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)   

1855  On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

1856  Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem on July - 16.   

1857  On July - 16 sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore   

1857  On this day in history pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist on July - 16.   

1861  Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought on July - 16.   

1862  On this day in history david G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy   

1862  David G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy on July - 16.   

1862  On July - 16 ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

1863  Utrecht-Swells railway opens on July - 16.   

1864  On July - 16 victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27   

1865  On July - 16 george A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist   

1867  Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam on July - 16.   

1868  On July - 16 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

1871  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on July - 16.   

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on July - 16.   

1877  On July - 16 béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)   

1880  On July - 16 dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.   

1882  On July - 16 edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)   

1886  Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)   

1887  Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)   

1889  Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 on July - 16.   

1890  On July - 16 gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies   

1893  On this day in history a Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia   

1894  Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners on this day in history.   

1894  Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton   

1896  Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) on this day in history.   

1896  Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1897  Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on this day in history.   

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1194  On this day in history birth of saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)   

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on July - 16.   

1715  On July - 16 birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on July - 16.   

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.   

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  On July - 16 innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.