Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16

1848  On July - 16 henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)   

1855  Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history 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  On July - 16 jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist   

1861  On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

1862  On July - 16 david G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy   

1862  On July - 16 david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy   

1862  Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist on this day in history.   

1863  Utrecht-Swells railway opens on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1868  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on July - 16.   

1871  On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

1872  On this day in history roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole   

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

1880  Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)   

1886  On July - 16 ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies   

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

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

1888  Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) on July - 16.   

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

1890  Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies on July - 16.   

1893  A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia on this day in history.   

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 July - 16 archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton   

1896  Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) on July - 16.   

1896  Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on July - 16.   

1897  On this day in history levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies   

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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  On this day in history birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

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

1704  On July - 16 birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on July - 16.   

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on this day in history.   

0276  On July - 16 death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on this day in history.   

1099  On July - 16 el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

1139  On this day in history walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

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

1324  On July - 16 death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)   

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

1482  On this day in history john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies