Historical Events In April - 16
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0073 On this day in history masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt. 

0556 On this day in history pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

0744 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on this day in history. 

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 this day in history bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy. 

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

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

1198 Duke Frederick I of Austria on April - 16. 

1346 On April - 16 king Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece 

1395 Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops on April - 16. 

1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on this day in history. 

1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on April - 16. 

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

1521 On this day in history martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms 

1529 On this day in history louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake 

1582 On this day in history spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. 

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 On this day in history frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter 

1645 On this day in history 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 this day in history hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum) 

1673 On this day in history francesco Feroci, composer 

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

1687 On this day in history george Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 

1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer on this day in history. 

1703 Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke on April - 16. 

1705 On this day in history isaac Newton is knighted. From then on, just call him Sir 

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 On April - 16 joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist 

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