Historical Events In July - 16

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

1855  On July - 16 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer  

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

1857  On July - 16 sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore  

1857  Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on July - 16.  

1858  On this day in history eugene Ysaye, composer  

1860  Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist on this day in history.  

1861  On July - 16 battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought  

1862  David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy on July - 16.  

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 July - 16.  

1863  On this day in history utrecht-Swells railway opens  

1864  Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.  

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

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 July - 16.  

1882  On July - 16 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 July - 16 "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  On this day in history frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)  

1889  Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies  

1893  A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia on July - 16.  

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 July - 16.  

1895  On July - 16 archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton  

1896  On July - 16 mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)  

1896  Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1897  On July - 16 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 this day in history birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)  

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.  

1714  On July - 16 birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)  

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

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1723  On this day in history birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)  

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.  

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 July - 16.  

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  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.  

1342  On July - 16 death of king Charles I of Hungary  

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