Historical Events In January - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1761 On January - 16 the British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1765 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) on this day in history.
1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks on January - 16.
1777 On January - 16 vermont declares independence from NY
1780 On January - 16 battle at Cape St Vincent Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
1780 Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet on January - 16.
1794 On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56
1795 On this day in history french army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands
1795 On January - 16 french army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth
1804 Karl August Krebs, composer on this day in history.
1807 On January - 16 charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
1809 On this day in history french forces defeat Sir John Moore and kill him in the Battle of Corunna January 16 Sir Arthur Wellesley succeeds Moore as commander of British forces in the Peninsular War
1809 Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña on January - 16.
1815 Brazil is decreed a kingdom, independent from Portugal on January - 16.
1815 On this day in history adolph Trube, composer
1817 On January - 16 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55
1819 On this day in history godert baron van der de Capellen becomes Governor of Dutch-Indies
1832 On this day in history charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
1834 On this day in history albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1837 James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on January - 16.
1838 On January - 16 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on January - 16.
1847 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory on January - 16.
1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1853 On this day in history the birth of Andre Michelin, French tiremaker
1853 On this day in history andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
1863 Cruise of CSS Florida on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida
1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge TN on January - 16.
1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
1864 Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1865 Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary on January - 16.
1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher NC, 40 die on this day in history.
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