Historical Events In April - 16

0073  Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt on April - 16.  

0556  Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0744  On April - 16 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph  

0924  On April - 16 berengar of Friuli, King of Italy  

1071  On April - 16 five centuries of Byzantine rule in Italy end April 16 as Bari falls to Robert Guiscard after a 3-year Norman siege  

1071  On April - 16 bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.  

1115  Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on April - 16.  

1118  On April - 16 adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily  

1198  On April - 16 duke Frederick I of Austria  

1346  King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece on this day in history.  

1395  Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops on this day in history.  

1446  On April - 16 filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies  

1496  On April - 16 david van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69  

1509  On this day in history french army under Louis XII enters Alps  

1521  Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms on April - 16.  

1529  On April - 16 louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake  

1582  Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina on April - 16.  

1619  On this day in history denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies  

1628  Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand on this day in history.  

1632  Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander on April - 16.  

1635  Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter on April - 16.  

1645  On April - 16 tobias Hume, English composer  

1648  John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) on April - 16.  

1652  On this day in history clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)  

1660  On April - 16 hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)  

1673  Francesco Feroci, composer on April - 16.  

1682  John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope) on April - 16.  

1687  George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 on April - 16.  

1697  Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer on April - 16.  

1703  On April - 16 caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke  

1705  Isaac Newton is knighted. From then on, just call him Sir on April - 16.  

1705  Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College on April - 16.  

1724  On April - 16 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)  

1728  Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist on April - 16.  

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0778  King Louis the Pious (d. 840) was born on this day in history.  

1319  King John II of France (d. 1364) was born on April - 16.  

1495  On April - 16 birth of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)  

1628  Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand was born on April - 16.  

1635  On April - 16 birth of frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter  

1646  On April - 16 birth of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)  

1648  On this day in history birth of john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)  

1652  On April - 16 birth of clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)  

0069  Death of Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) on this day in history.  

0744  On April - 16 death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph  

0924  On April - 16 death of berengar of Friuli, King of Italy  

1113  On this day in history death of sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)  

1115  On April - 16 svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]  

1118  On April - 16 death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily  

1198  On April - 16 death of duke Frederick I of Austria  

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on April - 16.