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Historical Events In April - 16
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
0073 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt on this day in history. 
0556 On this day in history pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0744 On April - 16 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph
0924 Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on this day in history.
1071 Five centuries of Byzantine rule in Italy end April 16 as Bari falls to Robert Guiscard after a 3-year Norman siege on this day in history.
1071 On this day in history bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.
1115 Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on this day in history.
1118 Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on April - 16.
1198 Duke Frederick I of Austria on this day in history.
1346 On this day in history king Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1395 On this day in history azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops.
1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on April - 16.
1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on this day in history.
1509 On this day in history french army under Louis XII enters Alps
1521 On April - 16 martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms
1529 Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake on April - 16.
1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina on this day in history.
1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies on this day in history.
1628 On April - 16 cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1632 On this day in history albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1635 On April - 16 frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1645 Tobias Hume, English composer on April - 16.
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 Francesco Feroci, composer on this day in history.
1682 John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope) on this day in history.
1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1697 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1703 Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1724 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9) on April - 16.
1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist on April - 16.
