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 July - 16.   

1856  Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem on this day in history.   

1857  Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore on July - 16.   

1857  On July - 16 pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist on July - 16.   

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

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam   

1868  On this day in history louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

1871  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73   

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  Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1894  On July - 16 many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners   

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

1896  On this day in history edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74   

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

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history 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  On July - 16 birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

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

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

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

1099  On this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on July - 16.   

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