Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16

1848  Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) on this day in history.   

1855  On July - 16 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

1856  On July - 16 statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

1857  Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore on this day in history.   

1857  Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On July - 16 jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist   

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

1862  David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy on this day in history.   

1862  David G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy on July - 16.   

1862  On July - 16 ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

1863  On July - 16 utrecht-Swells railway opens   

1864  On July - 16 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 July - 16.   

1868  On July - 16 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

1871  On July - 16 tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)   

1880  On July - 16 dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.   

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

1886  Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1889  On July - 16 michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83   

1890  On July - 16 gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies   

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  On this day in history treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England   

1895  Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton on July - 16.   

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

1896  On July - 16 edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74   

1897  Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on this day in history.   

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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  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on July - 16.   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on July - 16.   

1715  On this day in history birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

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

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on July - 16.   

0276  On this day in history death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  On July - 16 monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

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 July - 16 death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on July - 16.