Historical Events In July - 16

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

1855  On this day in history 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  Eugene Ysaye, composer on July - 16.  

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

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

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

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

1862  Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist on July - 16.  

1863  On this day in history utrecht-Swells railway opens  

1864  On this day in history victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27  

1865  George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist on July - 16.  

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  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on July - 16.  

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on July - 16.  

1877  Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) on July - 16.  

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

1882  Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) on this day in history.  

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

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  On July - 16 frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)  

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 July - 16.  

1894  Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners on July - 16.  

1894  On July - 16 treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England  

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

1896  On this day in history mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)  

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 July - 16 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 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  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 July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)  

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

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.  

1099  On this day in history el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59  

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

1216  On this day in history innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies  

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on this day in history.  

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

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