Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1848 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) on July - 16.
1855 On this day in history 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 July - 16.
1857 On this day in history pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies
1858 On July - 16 eugene Ysaye, composer
1860 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history utrecht-Swells railway opens
1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 on July - 16.
1865 George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist on this day in history.
1867 On July - 16 amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam
1868 Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 July - 16 edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
1886 On this day in history ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies
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 July - 16.
1888 Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83
1890 On this day in history 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 July - 16.
1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England on July - 16.
1895 Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton on this day in history.
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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