Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on September - 16.   

1861  Battle of Princeton WV on September - 16.   

1862  Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on September - 16.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)   

1863  Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game   

1872  On September - 16 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

1873  On this day in history german troops leave France   

1875  On this day in history james Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)   

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on September - 16.   

1878  Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) on this day in history.   

1880  Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman) on September - 16.   

1882  Mart Saar, composer on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup   

1885  Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst on September - 16.   

1887  Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie)   

1889  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press)   

1890  On September - 16 newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers on September - 16.   

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on September - 16.   

1891  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer on this day in history.   

1892  On September - 16 amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"   

1893  On September - 16 cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders   

1893  On this day in history cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders   

1893  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops)   

1895  On this day in history charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)   

1896  On this day in history andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist   

1896  Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on September - 16.   

1899  Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50) on September - 16.   

1901  On this day in history alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.   

1901  On September - 16 andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)   

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on this day in history.   

1098  On this day in history birth of hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)   

1386  On this day in history birth of traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general   

1387  On September - 16 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)   

1507  On this day in history birth of jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)   

1547  On this day in history birth of abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet   

1557  On this day in history birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena) was born on this day in history.   

0096  Death of Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 on September - 16.   

0655  On September - 16 martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies   

0827  Death of Pope Valentine on September - 16.   

1087  On September - 16 victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies   

1100  On September - 16 death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on September - 16.   

1380  Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies on September - 16.   

1394  On September - 16 clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies